[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: 49CFR172.334]



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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. 172.334  Identification numbers; prohibited display.



    (a) No person may display an identification number on a RADIOACTIVE, 

EXPLOSIVES 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 or 1.6, DANGEROUS, or subsidiary 

hazard placard.

    (b) No person may display an identification number on a placard, 

orange panel or white square-on-point display configuration unless--

    (1) The identification number is specified for the material in Sec. 

172.101;

    (2) The identification number is displayed on the placard, orange 

panel or white square-on-point configuration authorized by Sec. 172.332 

or Sec. 172.336(b), as appropriate, and any placard used for display of 

the identification number corresponds to the hazard class of the 

material specified in Sec. 172.504;

    (3) Except as provided under Sec. 172.336 (c)(4) or (c)(5), the 

package, freight container, or transport vehicle on which the number is 

displayed contains the hazardous material associated with that 

identification number in Sec. 172.101.

    (c) Except as required by Sec. 172.332(c)(4) for a combustible 

liquid, the identification number of a material may be displayed only on 

the placards required by the tables in Sec. 172.504.

    (d) Except as provided in Sec. 172.336, a placard bearing an 

identification number may not be used to meet the requirements of 

subpart F of this part unless it is the correct identification number 

for all hazardous materials of the same class in the transport vehicle 

or freight container on which it is displayed.

    (e) Except as specified in Sec. 172.338, an identification number 

may not be displayed on an orange panel on a cargo tank unless affixed 

to the cargo tank by the person offering the hazardous material for 

transportation in the cargo tank.

    (f) If a placard is required by Sec. 172.504, an identification 

number may not be displayed on an orange panel unless it is displayed in 

proximity to the placard.

    (g) No person shall add any color, number, letter, symbol, or word 

other than as specified in this subchapter, to any identification number 

marking display which is required or authorized by this subchapter.



[Amdt. 172-101, 45 FR 74667, Nov. 10, 1980, as amended by Amdt. 172-104, 

51 FR 23078, June 25, 1986; Amdt. 172-110, 52 FR 29528, Aug. 10, 1987; 

Amdt. 172-123, 55 FR 52593, Dec. 21, 1990; 56 FR 66255, Dec. 20, 1991; 

Amdt. 172-127, 59 FR 49133, Sept. 26, 1994]