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Plastic drum 1H1 or 1H2
Steel jerrican 3A1 or 3A2
Plastic jerrican 3H1 or 3H2
Aluminum jerrican 3B1 or 3B2
Steel box 4A
FIGURE 13.8 Drum description per earlier DOT regulations: DOT 17E (U.S. DOE, no date). Under a final
rule issued September 18, 1991 (56 Federal Register 47158), DOT changed its packaging standards from spec-
ification-based (e.g., 17E) to performance-based (e.g., UN1A1).
