UN3072

LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES NOT SELF-INFLATING, containing dangerous goods as equipment

• Class: 9
• Packing Group / Category: None
• Special Provisions: 21
• Explosive Limit and Limited Quantity Index: 0
• Excepted Quantities: E0
• ERAP Index: None
• Passenger Carrying Vessel Index: None
• Passenger Carrying Road Vehicle or Passenger Carrying Railway Vehicle Index: None

Special Provision 21

1. This shipping name has the UN number

   1. UN2990, if it is a life-saving appliance that is self-inflating and that includes as equipment one or more of the dangerous goods set out in subsection (2); or

   2. UN3072, if it is a life saving appliance that is not self-inflating and that includes as equipment one or more of the dangerous goods set out in subsection (2).

2. The dangerous goods are

   1. signal devices included in Class 1 that are contained in a means of containment designed, constructed, filled, closed, secured and maintained to prevent them from being inadvertently activated under normal conditions of transport;

   2. non-flammable, non-toxic gases included in Class 2.2;

   3. first aid kits or repair kits that contain dangerous goods included in Class 3, 4.1, 5.2, 8 or 9 that are in quantities that are less than or equal to the limited quantities set out for them in column 6(a) of Schedule 1;

   4. electric storage batteries included in Class 8 and lithium metal or lithium ion batteries included in Class 9;

   5. “strike anywhere” matches contained in one or more means of containment designed, constructed, filled, closed, secured and maintained to prevent them from being inadvertently activated under normal conditions of transport; and

   6. for UN2990 only, cartridges, power devices, included in Class 1.4S, to activate the self-inflating appliance if the net explosive quantity in an appliance is less than or equal to 3200 mg.

3. These Regulations, except for Parts 1 and 2, do not apply to the offering for transport, handling or transport of a life-saving appliance on a road vehicle or a railway vehicle if

   1. the life-saving appliance is contained in a means of containment that is designed, constructed, filled, closed, secured and maintained so that under normal conditions of transport, including handling, there will be no release of the dangerous goods that could endanger public safety;

   2. the means of containment has a gross mass less than or equal to 40 kg;

   3. the life-saving appliance contains only dangerous goods included in Class 2.2 with no subsidiary class;

   4. the dangerous goods are contained in a cylinder with a capacity less than or equal to 120 mL; and

   5. the cylinder is installed in the life-saving appliance for the purpose of activating the appliance.

CAUTION: This information is provided for information purposes only. It does not replace the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (TDGR). Please check the TDGR using this link.