[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR172.201]

[Page 358-359]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
   CHAPTER I--PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, 
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 172_HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TABLE, SPECIAL PROVISIONS, HAZARDOUS 
 
                        Subpart C_Shipping Papers
 
Sec.  172.201  Preparation and retention of shipping papers.

    (a) Contents. When a description of hazardous material is required 
to be included on a shipping paper, that description must conform to the 
following requirements:
    (1) When a hazardous material and a material not subject to the 
requirements of this subchapter are described on the same shipping 
paper, the hazardous material description entries required by Sec.  
172.202 and those additional entries that may be required by Sec.  
172.203:
    (i) Must be entered first, or
    (ii) Must be entered in a color that clearly contrasts with any 
description on the shipping paper of a material not subject to the 
requirements of this subchapter, except that a description on a 
reproduction of a shipping paper may be highlighted, rather than 
printed, in a contrasting color (the provisions of this paragraph apply 
only to the basic description required by Sec.  172.202(a)(1), (2), (3), 
and (4)), or
    (iii) Must be identified by the entry of an ``X'' placed before the 
proper shipping name in a column captioned ``HM.'' (The ``X'' may be 
replaced by ``RQ,'' if appropriate.)
    (2) The required shipping description on a shipping paper and all 
copies thereof used for transportation purposes, must be legible and 
printed (manually or mechanically) in English.

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    (3) Unless it is specifically authorized or required in this 
subchapter, the required shipping description may not contain any code 
or abbreviation.
    (4) A shipping paper may contain additional information concerning 
the material provided the information is not inconsistent with the 
required description. Unless otherwise permitted or required by this 
subpart, additional information must be placed after the basic 
description required by Sec.  172.202(a).
    (b) [Reserved]
    (c) Continuation page. A shipping paper may consist of more than one 
page, if each page is consecutively numbered and the first page bears a 
notation specifying the total number of pages included in the shipping 
paper. For example, ``Page 1 of 4 pages.''
    (d) Emergency response telephone number. Except as provided in Sec.  
172.604(c), a shipping paper must contain an emergency response 
telephone number, as prescribed in subpart G of this part.
    (e) Retention and Recordkeeping. Each person who provides a shipping 
paper must retain a copy of the shipping paper required by Sec.  
172.200(a), or an electronic image thereof, that is accessible at or 
through its principal place of business and must make the shipping paper 
available, upon request, to an authorized official of a Federal, State, 
or local government agency at reasonable times and locations. For a 
hazardous waste, the shipping paper copy must be retained for three 
years after the material is accepted by the initial carrier. For all 
other hazardous materials, the shipping paper must be retained for two 
years after the material is accepted by the initial carrier. Each 
shipping paper copy must include the date of acceptance by the initial 
carrier, except that, for rail, vessel, or air shipments, the date on 
the shipment waybill, airbill, or bill of lading may be used in place of 
the date of acceptance by the initial carrier. A motor carrier (as 
defined in Sec.  390.5 of subchapter B of chapter III of subtitle B) 
using a shipping paper without change for multiple shipments of one or 
more hazardous materials having the same shipping name and 
identification number may retain a single copy of the shipping paper, 
instead of a copy for each shipment made, if the carrier also retains a 
record of each shipment made, to include shipping name, identification 
number, quantity transported, and date of shipment.

[Amdt. 172-29A, 41 FR 40677, Sept. 20, 1976]

    Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec.  
172.201, see the List of CFR Sections Affected which appears in the 
Finding Aids section of the printed volume and on GPO Access.