[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR172.400]



[Page 372-373]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

   CHAPTER I--PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, 

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 172_HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TABLE, SPECIAL PROVISIONS, HAZARDOUS 

MATERIALS COMMUNICATIONS, EMERGENCY RESPONSE INFORMATION, AND TRAINING 

REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents

 

                           Subpart E_Labeling

 

Sec. 172.400  General labeling requirements.





    (a) Except as specified in Sec. 172.400a, each person who offers 

for transportation or transports a hazardous material in any of the 

following packages or containment devices, shall label the package or 

containment device with labels specified for the material in the Sec. 

172.101 table and in this subpart:

    (1) A non-bulk package;

    (2) A bulk packaging, other than a cargo tank, portable tank, or 

tank car, with a volumetric capacity of less than 18 m3 (640 

cubic feet), unless placarded in accordance with subpart F of this part;

    (3) A portable tank of less than 3785 L (1000 gallons) capacity, 

unless placarded in accordance with subpart F of this part;

    (4) A DOT Specification 106 or 110 multi-unit tank car tank, unless 

placarded in accordance with subpart F of this part; and

    (5) An overpack, freight container or unit load device, of less than 

18 m3 (640 cubic feet), which contains a package for which 

labels are required, unless placarded or marked in accordance with Sec. 

172.512 of this part.

    (b) Labeling is required for a hazardous material which meets one or



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more hazard class definitions, in accordance with column 6 of the Sec. 

172.101 table and the following table:



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                                                                Label

                                                              design or

     Hazard class or division             Label name           section

                                                              reference

------------------------------------------------------------------------

1.1..............................  EXPLOSIVES 1.1..........      172.411

1.2..............................  EXPLOSIVES 1.2..........      172.411

1.3..............................  EXPLOSIVES 1.3..........      172.411

1.4..............................  EXPLOSIVES 1.4..........      172.411

1.5..............................  EXPLOSIVES 1.5..........      172.411

1.6..............................  EXPLOSIVES 1.6..........      172.411

2.1..............................  FLAMMABLE GAS...........      172.417

2.2..............................  NONFLAMMABLE GAS........      172.415

2.3..............................  POISON GAS..............      172.416

3 (flammable liquid) Combustible   FLAMMABLE LIQUID (none).      172.419

 liquid.

4.1..............................  FLAMMABLE SOLID.........      172.420

4.2..............................  SPONTANEOUSLY                 172.422

                                    COMBUSTIBLE.

4.3..............................  DANGEROUS WHEN WET......      172.423

5.1..............................  OXIDIZER................      172.426

5.2..............................  ORGANIC PEROXIDE........      172.427

6.1 (material poisonous by         POISON INHALATION HAZARD      172.429

 inhalation (see Sec.  171.8 of

 this subchapter)).

6.1 (other than material           POISON..................      172.430

 poisonous by inhalation).

6.1 (inhalation hazard, Zone A or  POISON INHALATION HAZARD      172.429

 B).

6.1 (other than inhalation         POISON..................      172.430

 hazard, Zone A or B).

6.2..............................  INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCE \1\      172.432

7 (see Sec.  172.403)...........  RADIOACTIVE WHITE-I.....      172.436

7................................  RADIOACTIVE YELLOW-II...      172.438

7................................  RADIOACTIVE YELLOW-III..      172.440

7 (fissile radioactive material;   FISSILE.................      172.441

 see Sec.  172.402).

7 (empty packages, see Sec.       EMPTY...................      172.450

 173.428 of this subchapter).

8................................  CORROSIVE...............      172.442

9................................  CLASS 9.................      172.446

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\1\ The ETIOLOGIC AGENT label specified in regulations of the Department

  of Health and Human Services at 42 CFR 72.3 may apply to packages of

  infectious substances.





[Amdt. 172-123, 55 FR 52593, Dec. 21, 1990, as amended at 56 FR 66255, 

Dec. 20, 1991; Amdt. 172-151, 62 FR 1228, Jan. 8, 1997; 64 FR 10776, 

Mar. 5, 1999; 64 FR 51918, Sept. 27, 1999; 69 FR 3668, Jan. 26, 2004; 69 

FR 64471, Nov. 4, 2004]