[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: 49CFR172.331]



[Page 369-370]

 

                        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. 172.331  Bulk packagings other than portable tanks, cargo tanks, 

tank cars and multi-unit tank car tanks.



    (a) Each person who offers a hazardous material to a motor carrier 

for transportation in a bulk packaging shall provide the motor carrier 

with the required identification numbers on placards or plain white 

square-on-point display configurations, as authorized, or shall affix 

orange panels containing the required identification numbers to the 

packaging prior to or at the time the material is offered for 

transportation, unless the packaging is already marked with the 

identification number as required by this subchapter.

    (b) Each person who offers a bulk packaging containing a hazardous 

material for transportation shall affix to the packaging the required 

identification numbers on orange panels, square-on-point configurations 

or placards, as appropriate, prior to, or at the time the packaging is 

offered for transportation unless it is already marked with 

identification numbers as required by this subchapter.



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    (c) For a bulk packaging contained in or on a transport vehicle or 

freight container, if the identification number marking on the bulk 

packaging (e.g., an IBC) required by Sec. 172.302(a) is not visible, 

the transport vehicle or freight container must be marked as required by 

Sec. 172.332 on each side and each end with the identification number 

specified for the material in the Sec. 172.101 table.



[Amdt. 172-123, 55 FR 52593, Dec. 21, 1994, as amended by Amdt. 172-151, 

62 FR 1228, Jan. 8, 1997; 62 FR 39398, July 22, 1997]