[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR]

[Page 337-338]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
                        Subpart C_Shipping Papers
 
Sec.  172.201  Preparation and retention of shipping papers.

    (a) Contents. When a description of hazardous material is required 
to be included on a shipping paper, that description must conform to the 
following requirements:
    (1) When a hazardous material and a material not subject to the 
requirements of this subchapter are described on the same shipping 
paper, the hazardous material description entries required by Sec.  
172.202 and those additional entries that may be required by Sec.  
172.203:
    (i) Must be entered first, or
    (ii) Must be entered in a color that clearly contrasts with any 
description on the shipping paper of a material not subject to the 
requirements of this subchapter, except that a description on a 
reproduction of a shipping paper may be highlighted, rather than 
printed, in a contrasting color (the provisions of this paragraph apply 
only to the basic description required by Sec.  172.202(a)(1), (2), (3), 
and (4)), or
    (iii) Must be identified by the entry of an ``X'' placed before the 
proper shipping name in a column captioned ``HM.'' (The ``X'' may be 
replaced by ``RQ,'' if appropriate.)
    (2) The required shipping description on a shipping paper and all 
copies thereof used for transportation purposes, must be legible and 
printed (manually or mechanically) in English.
    (3) Unless it is specifically authorized or required in this 
subchapter, the required shipping description may not contain any code 
or abbreviation.
    (4) A shipping paper may contain additional information concerning 
the material provided the information is not inconsistent with the 
required description. Unless otherwise permitted or required by this 
subpart, additional information must be placed after the basic 
description required by Sec.  172.202(a).

[[Page 338]]

    (b) [Reserved]
    (c) Continuation page. A shipping paper may consist of more than one 
page, if each page is consecutively numbered and the first page bears a 
notation specifying the total number of pages included in the shipping 
paper. For example, ``Page 1 of 4 pages.''
    (d) Emergency response telephone number. Except as provided in Sec.  
172.604(c), a shipping paper must contain an emergency response 
telephone number, as prescribed in subpart G of this part.
    (e) Each person who provides a shipping paper must retain a copy of 
the shipping paper required by Sec.  172.200(a), or an electronic image 
thereof, that is accessible at or through its principal place of 
business and must make the shipping paper available, upon request, to an 
authorized official of a Federal, State, or local government agency at 
reasonable times and locations. For a hazardous waste, the shipping 
paper copy must be retained for three years after the material is 
accepted by the initial carrier. For all other hazardous materials, the 
shipping paper copy must be retained for 375 days after the material is 
accepted by the initial carrier. Each shipping paper copy must include 
the date of acceptance by the initial carrier, except that, for rail, 
vessel, or air shipments, the date on the shipment waybill, airbill, or 
bill of lading may be used in place of the date of acceptance by the 
initial carrier. A motor carrier (as defined in Sec.  390.5 of 
Subchapter B of Chapter III of Subtitle B) that uses a shipping paper 
without change for multiple shipments of a single hazardous material 
(i.e., one having the same shipping name and identification number) may 
retain a single copy of the shipping paper, instead of a copy for each 
shipment made, if the carrier also retains a record of each shipment 
made, to include shipping name, identification number, quantity 
transported, and date of shipment.

[Amdt. 172-29A, 41 FR 40677, Sept. 20, 1976]

    Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec.  
172.201, see the List of CFR Sections Affected which appears in the 
Finding Aids section of the printed volume and on GPO Access.