[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: 49CFR172.325]



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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 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]