| Description | Packages containing toy plastic or paper caps for toy pistols described as ``UN0349, Articles, explosive, n.o.s. (Toy caps), 1.4S'' or ``NA0337, Toy caps, 1.4S'' are not subject to the subpart E
(labeling) requirements of this part when offered for transportation by motor vehicle, rail freight, cargo vessel, and cargo aircraft and, notwithstanding the packing method assigned in Sec. 173.62 of this subchapter, in conformance with the following conditions:
- a. The toy plastic or paper caps must be in the form of sheets,
strips, rolls, or individual caps;
- b. The caps must not contain more than an average of twenty-five
hundredths of a grain of explosive composition per cap;
- c. The caps must be packed inside packagings constructed of
cardboard not less than 0.013-inch in thickness, metal not less than
0.008-inch in thickness, non-combustible plastic not less than 0.015-
inch in thickness, or a composite blister package consisting of
cardboard not less than 0.013-inch in thickness and non-combustible
plastic not less than 0.005-inch in thickness that completely encloses
the caps;
- d. The minimum dimensions of each side and each end of the
cardboard packaging must be 1/8th inch in height or more;
- e. The number of caps inside each packaging must be limited so that
not more than 10 grains of explosives composition may be packed into
one cubic inch of space, and not more than 17.5 grains of the explosive
composition of toy caps may be packed in any inner packaging;
- f. Inner packagings must be packed in outer packagings meeting PG
II performance criteria;
- g. Toy caps may be packed with non-explosive or non-flammable
articles provided the outer packagings are marked as prescribed in this
paragraph;
- h. Toy paper caps of any kind must not be packed in the same
packaging with fireworks;
- i. The outside of each package must be plainly marked ``ARTICLES,
EXPLOSIVES, N.O.S. (TOY CAPS)--HANDLE CAREFULLY'' OR ``TOY CAPS--HANDLE
CAREFULLY''; and
- j. Explosives shipped in conformance with this paragraph must have
been examined in accordance with Sec. 173.56 of this subchapter and
approved by the Associate Administrator.
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