[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: 49CFR172.405]



[Page 377]

 

                        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 E_Labeling

 

Sec. 172.405  Authorized label modifications.



    (a) For Classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8, text indicating a hazard 

(for example FLAMMABLE LIQUID) is not required on a primary or 

subsidiary label.

    (b) For a package containing Oxygen, compressed, or Oxygen, 

refrigerated liquid, the OXIDIZER label specified in Sec. 172.426 of 

this subpart, modified to display the word ``OXYGEN'' instead of 

``OXIDIZER'', and the class number ``2'' instead of ``5.1'', may be used 

in place of the NON-FLAMMABLE GAS and OXIDIZER labels. Notwithstanding 

the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section, the word ``OXYGEN'' 

must appear on the label.

    (c) For a package containing a Division 6.1, Packing Group III 

material, the POISON label specified in Sec. 172.430 may be modified to 

display the text ``PG III'' instead of ``POISON'' or ``TOXIC'' below the 

mid line of the label. Also see Sec. 172.313(d).



[Amdt. 172-123, 55 FR 52594, Dec. 21, 1990, as amended at 56 FR 66255, 

Dec. 20, 1991; 57 FR 45458, Oct. 1, 1992; 64 FR 10776, Mar. 5, 1999; 66 

FR 33425, June 21, 2001]