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Current as of October 02, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(a) Except as specified in § 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 § 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 § 172.512 of this part.
(b) Labeling is required for a hazardous material which meets one or more hazard class definitions, in accordance with column 6 of the § 172.101 table and the following table:
Hazard class or division | Label name | Label design or 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 | NON-FLAMMABLE GAS | 172.415 |
2.3 | POISON GAS | 172.416 |
3 Flammable Liquid (Combustible liquid) | FLAMMABLE LIQUID (none) | 172.419 |
4.1 | FLAMMABLE SOLID | 172.420 |
4.2 | SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTIBLE | 172.422 |
4.3 | DANGEROUS WHEN WET | 172.423 |
5.1 | OXIDER | 172.426 |
5.2 | ORGANIC PEROXIDE | 172.427 |
6.1 (material poisonous by inhalation (see § 171.8 of this subchapter)) | POISON INHALATION HAZARD | 172.429 |
6.1 (other than material poisonous by inhalation) | POISON | 172.430 |
6.1 (inhalation hazard, Zone A or B) | POISON INHALATION HAZARD | 172.429 |
6.1 (other than inhalation hazard, Zone A or B) | POISON | 172.430 |
6.2 | INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCE | 172.432 |
7 (see § 172.403) | RADIOACTIVE WHITE-I | 172.436 |
7 | RADIOACTIVE YELLOW-II | 172.438 |
7 | RADIOACTIVE YELLOW-III | 172.440 |
7 (fissile radioactive material; see § 172.402) | FISSILE | 172.441 |
7 (empty packages, see § 173.428 of this subchapter) | EMPTY | 172.450 |
8 | CORROSIVE | 172.442 |
9 | CLASS 9 | 172.446 |
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Code of Federal Regulations Title 49. Transportation § 49.172.400 General labeling requirements - last updated October 02, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/cfr/title-49-transportation/cfr-sect-49-172-400/
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