DATA ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title: PERFORMANCE ORIENTED PACKAGING (POP) TEST REPORT
Number: DI-PACK-81059B Approval Date: 6 April 2020
AMSC Number: 10168 Limitation:
DTIC Applicable: GIDEP Applicable:
Office of Primary Responsibility: AR Project Number: PACK-2020-004
Applicable Forms:
Use/relationship: This Data Item Description (DID) contains the format, content, and intended
use information for the data product resulting from the work task described in the contract.
This DID shall be applied when Performance Oriented Packaging (POP) testing is required on a
non-bulk (49CFR) packaging system used to transport hazardous materials. This data is
necessary to support compliance with the POP requirements of hazardous materials as defined in
Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), the International Maritime Organization’s
International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code, and the International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO) Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Hazardous Goods, and Air
Force Interservice Manual 24-204(I)/ TM 38-250/ NAVSUP PUB 505/ MCO P403.19I/ DLAI
4145.3/ DCMAD1, CH3.4 (HM24), Preparing Hazardous Materials for Military Air Shipments.
Per CFR 178.601(b), the packaging manufacturer is responsible for assuring that the packaging
design is capable of passing the prescribed tests. This DID serves to facilitate communicating
the packaging test and certification data to fulfill the contract requirements.
Class 1 Hazardous Material (explosives and ammunition) requires packaging designed
specifically for the intended contents. Additional information about the Hazard Class 1 item or
items packaged in POP tested packaging shall be included in the POP test report. This DID
provides a POP test report template in Appendix A for Class 1 Hazardous Material.
The “Code of Federal Regulations” Title 49 is available from the following:
Superintendent of Documents
U.S. Government Printing Office
Washington, DC 20402
http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/ECFR?page=brouse
Copies of the IMDG publication may be obtained from the following:
http://www.imo.org/Publications/IMDGCode/Pages/Default.aspx
Copies of the ICAO publication may be obtained from the following:
https://www.icao.int/safety/DangerousGoods/Pages/technical-instructions.aspx
This DID supersedes DI-PACK-81059A
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