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Bulk Packaging
Hazmat Term
A packaging (transport vehicle or freight container) in which hazardous materials are loaded with no intermediate form of containment, when the internal volume is greater than:
Additional Info/Example:

(1) 450 liters (119 gallons) for a liquid;
(2) 400 kilograms (882 pounds) net mass for a solid; or
(3) 454 kilograms (1,000 pounds) water capacity for a gas.

Note: A bulk packaging is not a vessel or barge.

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