[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: 49CFR172.201]



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                        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 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).

    (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



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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) using a shipping paper without change for 

multiple shipments of one or more hazardous materials 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.