[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: 49CFR172.301]



[Page 356-357]

 

                        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 D_Marking

 

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.



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    (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. (For empty 

packagings, see Sec. 173.29 of this subchapter.)

    (f) NON-ODORIZED marking on cylinders containing LPG. After 

September 30, 2006, no person may offer for transportation or transport 

a specification cylinder, except a Specification 2P or 2Q container or a 

Specification 39 cylinder, that contains an unodorized Liquefied 

petroleum gas (LPG) unless it is legibly marked NON-ODORIZED or NOT 

ODORIZED in letters not less than 6.3 mm (0.25 inches) in height near 

the marked proper shipping name required by paragraph (a) of this 

section.



[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; 69 FR 

64471, Nov. 4, 2004]