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Portable tank means a bulk packaging (except a cylinder having a water capacity of 1000 pounds or less) designed primarily to be loaded onto, or on, or temporarily attached to a transport vehicle or ship and equipped with skids, mountings, or accessories to facilitate handling of the tank by mechanical means. It does not include a cargo tank, tank car, multi-unit tank car tank, or trailer carrying 3AX, 3AAX, or 3T cylinders.

Jerrican means a metal or plastic packaging of rectangular or polygonal cross-section.

Intermediate bulk container or IBC means a rigid or flexible portable packaging, other than a cylinder or portable tank, which is designed for mechanical handling. Standards for IBCs manufactured in the United States are set forth in subparts N and O of part 178 of this subchapter.

Single packaging means a non-bulk packaging other than a combination packaging.

Combination packaging means a combination of packaging, for transport purposes, consisting of one or more inner packagings secured in a non-bulk
outer packaging. It does not include a composite packaging.

Drum means a flat-ended or convex-ended cylindrical packaging made of metal, fiberboard, plastic, plywood, or other suitable materials. This definition also includes packagings of other shapes made of metal or plastic (e.g., round taper-necked packagings or pail-shaped packagings) but does not include cylinders, jerricans, wooden barrels or bulk packagings.

Composite packaging means a packaging consisting of an outer packaging and an inner receptacle, so constructed that the inner receptacle and the outer packaging form an integral packaging. Once assembled it remains thereafter an integrated single unit; it is filled, stored, shipped and emptied
as such.

Cargo tank means a bulk packaging that:
(1) Is a tank intended primarily for the carriage of
      liquids or gases and includes appurtenances,       reinforcements, fittings, and closures (for the       definition of a tank, see 49 CFR 178.320,       178.337—1, or 178.338—1, as applicable);
(2) Is permanently attached to or forms a part of a       motor vehicle, or is not permanently attached to a       motor vehicle but which, by reason of its size,       construction or attachment to a motor vehicle is       loaded or unloaded without being removed from       the motor vehicle; and
(3) Is not fabricated under a specification for cylinders,       intermediate bulk containers, multi-unit tank car       tanks, portable tanks, or tank cars.

Box means a packaging with complete rectangular or polygonal faces, made of metal, wood, plywood, reconstituted wood, fiberboard, plastic, or other suitable material. Holes appropriate to the size and use of the packaging, for purposes such as ease of handling or opening, or to meet classification requirements, are permitted as long as they do not compromise the integrity of the packaging during transportation, and are not otherwise prohibited in this subchapter.

Bottle means an inner packaging having a neck of relatively smaller cross section than the body and an opening capable of holding a closure for retention of the contents.

Bag means a flexible packaging made of paper, plastic film, textiles, woven material or other similar materials.