[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR172.301]

[Page 353-354]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 172_HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TABLE, SPECIAL PROVISIONS, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 
 
      Subpart B_Table of Hazardous Materials and Special Provisions
 
Sec. 172.301  General marking requirements for non-bulk packagings.

    (a) Proper shipping name and identification number. (1) Except as 
otherwise provided by this subchapter, each person who offers a 
hazardous material for transportation in a non-bulk packaging must mark 
the package with the proper shipping name and identification number 
(preceded by ``UN'' or ``NA,'' as appropriate) for the material as shown 
in the Sec. 172.101 Table. Identification numbers are not required on 
packagings that contain only ORM-D materials or limited quantities, as 
defined in Sec. 171.8 of this subchapter, except for limited quantities 
marked in accordance with the marking requirements in Sec. 172.315.
    (2) The proper shipping name for a hazardous waste (as defined in 
Sec. 171.8 of this subchapter) is not required to include the word 
``waste'' if the package bears the EPA marking prescribed by 40 CFR 
262.32.
    (3) Large quantities of a single hazardous material in non-bulk 
packages. A transport vehicle or freight container containing only a 
single hazardous material in non-bulk packages must be marked, on each 
side and each end as specified in the Sec. 172.332 or Sec. 172.336, 
with the identification number specified for the hazardous material in 
the Sec. 172.101 Table, subject to the following provisions and 
limitations:
    (i) Each package is marked with the same proper shipping name and 
identification number;
    (ii) The aggregate gross weight of the hazardous material is 4,000 
kg (8,820 pounds) or more;
    (iii) All of the hazardous material is loaded at one loading 
facility;
    (iv) The transport vehicle or freight container contains no other 
material, hazardous or otherwise; and
    (v) The identification number marking requirement of this paragraph 
(a)(3) does not apply to Class 1, Class 7, or to non-bulk packagings for 
which identification numbers are not required.
    (b) Technical names. In addition to the marking required by 
paragraph (a) of this section, each non-bulk packaging containing 
hazardous materials subject to the provisions of Sec. 172.203(k) of 
this part shall be marked with the technical name in parentheses in 
association with the proper shipping name in accordance with the 
requirements and exceptions specified for display of technical 
descriptions on shipping papers in Sec. 172.203(k) of this part.
    (c) Exemption packagings. The outside of each package authorized by 
an exemption shall be plainly and durably marked ``DOT-E'' followed by 
the exemption number assigned.
    (d) Consignee's or consignor's name and address. Each person who 
offers for transportation a hazardous material in a non-bulk package 
shall mark that package with the name and address of the consignor or 
consignee except when the package is--
    (1) Transported by highway only and will not be transferred from one 
motor carrier to another; or
    (2) Part of a carload lot, truckload lot or freight container load, 
and the entire contents of the rail car, truck or freight container are 
shipped from one consignor to one consignee.
    (e) Previously marked packagings. A package which has been 
previously marked as required for the material it contains and on which 
the marking remains legible, need not be remarked.

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(For empty packagings, see Sec. 173.29 of this subchapter.)

[Amdt. 172-123, 55 FR 52590, Dec. 21, 1990, as amended by Amdt. 172-151, 
62 FR 1227, Jan. 8, 1997; 62 FR 39404, July 22, 1997; 63 FR 16075, Apr. 
1, 1998; 66 FR 45182, Aug. 28, 2001; 68 FR 45030, July 31, 2003]