[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 354-355]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
                            Subpart D_Marking
 
Sec.  172.325  Elevated temperature materials.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, a bulk 
packaging containing an elevated temperature material must be marked on 
two opposing sides with the word ``HOT'' in black or white Gothic 
lettering on a contrasting background. The marking must be displayed on 
the packaging itself or in black lettering on a plain white square-on-
point configuration having the same outside dimensions as a placard. 
(See Sec.  172.302(b) for size of markings on bulk packagings.)
    (b) Bulk packagings containing molten aluminum or molten sulfur must 
be marked ``MOLTEN ALUMINUM'' or ``MOLTEN SULFUR'', respectively, in the 
same manner as prescribed in paragraph (a) of this section.
    (c) If the identification number is displayed on a white-square-on-
point display configuration, as prescribed in Sec.  172.336(b), the word 
``HOT'' may be displayed in the upper corner of the same white-square-
on-point display configuration. The word ``HOT'' must be in black 
letters having a height of at least 50 mm (2.0 inches). Except for size, 
these markings shall be as illustrated for an Elevated temperature 
material, liquid, n.o.s.:

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[Amdt. 172-125, 58 FR 3348, Jan. 8, 1993, as amended by Amdt. 172-139, 
59 FR 67487, Dec. 29, 1994]