---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 173.216"
title: "49"
number: "173.216"
heading: "Asbestos, blue, brown or white."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/173.216"
---

# §173.216. Asbestos, blue, brown or white.

- (a) **Asbestos, blue, brown or white, includes each of the following hydrated mineral silicates—** chrysolite, crocidolite, amosite, anthophyllite asbestos, tremolite asbestos, actinolite asbestos, and every product containing any of these materials.
- (b) [Reserved]
- (c) Packagings for asbestos must conform to the general packaging requirements of [subpart B](/cfr/49/subpartB.md) of this part but need not conform to the requirements of [part 178](/cfr/49/part178.md) of this subchapter. Asbestos must be offered for transportation and transported in—
  - (1) Rigid, leaktight packagings, such as metal, plastic or fiber drums, portable tanks, hopper-type rail cars, or hopper-type motor vehicles;
  - (2) Bags or other non-rigid packagings in closed freight containers, motor vehicles, or rail cars that are loaded by and for the exclusive use of the consignor and unloaded by the consignee;
  - (3) Bags or other non-rigid packagings which are dust and sift proof must be placed in rigid outer packagings or closed freight containers.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Amdt. 173-224, 55 FR 52643, Dec. 21, 1990, as amended at 66 FR 45379, Aug. 28, 2001; 68 FR 45034, July 31, 2003; 71 FR 78632, Dec. 29, 2006]

### Source

Source: Amdt. 173-224, 55 FR 52643, Dec. 21, 1990, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 5101-5128, 44701; 49 CFR 1.81, 1.96 and 1.97.

### Amendments

[Amdt. 173-224, 55 FR 52643, Dec. 21, 1990, as amended at 66 FR 45379, Aug. 28, 2001; 68 FR 45034, July 31, 2003; 71 FR 78632, Dec. 29, 2006]