# Hazardous Materials: Spare Fuel Cell Cartridges Containing Flammable Gas Transported by Aircraft in Passenger and Crew Member Checked Baggage
> **Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration** · Notification of a More Definitive Statement. · Published 2015-03-30 · Effective 2015-03-30 · 80 FR 16579
## Document
- **Document number:** 2015-07109
- **Category:** pipeline-safety
- **Sub-agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 80 FR 16579
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 175
- **Publication date:** 2015-03-30
- **Effective date:** 2015-03-30
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. PHMSA-2009-0126, Notice No. 15-3
## Abstract

PHMSA issued a 2011 final rule in which we did not harmonize with international regulations regarding the carriage of spare fuel cell cartridges in passenger and crew member checked baggage. Lilliputian Systems, Inc. (Lilliputian) contested this final rule, first by filing an administrative appeal, then challenging the final rule in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. On January 31, 2014, the Court remanded the rule and ordered PHMSA to provide further explanation for the prohibition on airline passengers and crew carrying flammable gas fuel cell cartridges in their checked baggage, including its response to Lilliputian's comments. 741 F.3d 1309, 1314 (D.C. Cir. 2014). As a result, we are issuing this document which provides a more thorough explanation and substantial evidence to support PHMSA's decision to prohibit the carriage of spare fuel cell cartridges in passenger and crew member checked baggage.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/03/30/2015-07109/hazardous-materials-spare-fuel-cell-cartridges-containing-flammable-gas-transported-by-aircraft-in)
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