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Pipeline and Haz. Matls. Safety Admin., DOT § 172.101 Subpart B—Table of Hazardous for describing materials for domestic Materials and Special Provisions transportation but may be inappro- priate for international transportation § 172.101 Purpose and use of haz- under the provisions of international ardous materials table. regulations (e.g., IMO, ICAO). An alter- (a) The Hazardous Materials Table nate proper shipping name may be se- (Table) in this section designates the lected when either domestic or inter- materials listed therein as hazardous national transportation is involved. materials for the purpose of transpor- (4) The letter ‘‘G’’ identifies proper tation of those materials. For each shipping names for which one or more listed material, the Table identifies the technical names of the hazardous ma- hazard class or specifies that the mate- terial must be entered in parentheses, rial is forbidden in transportation, and in association with the basic descrip- gives the proper shipping name or di- tion. (See § 172.203(k).) rects the user to the preferred proper (5) The letter ‘‘I’’ identifies proper shipping name. In addition, the Table shipping names which are appropriate specifies or references requirements in for describing materials in inter- this subchapter pertaining to labeling, national transportation. An alternate packaging, quantity limits aboard air- proper shipping name may be selected craft and stowage of hazardous mate- when only domestic transportation is rials aboard vessels. involved. (b) Column 1: Symbols. Column 1 of the (6) The letter ‘‘W’’ denotes a material Table contains six symbols (‘‘ + ’’, ‘‘A’’, that is subject to the requirements of ‘‘D’’, ‘‘G’’, ‘‘I’’ and ‘‘W’’) as follows: this subchapter only when offered or (1) The plus (+) sign fixes the proper intended for transportation by vessel, shipping name, hazard class and pack- unless the material is a hazardous sub- ing group for that entry without regard stance or a hazardous waste. A ship- to whether the material meets the defi- ping description entry preceded by a nition of that class, packing group or ‘‘W’’ may be used to describe a mate- any other hazard class definition. When rial for other modes of transportation the plus sign is assigned to a proper provided all applicable requirements shipping name in Column (1) of the for the entry are met. § 172.101 Table, it means that the mate- (c) Column 2: Hazardous materials de- rial is known to pose a risk to humans. scriptions and proper shipping names. When a plus sign is assigned to mix- Column 2 lists the hazardous materials tures or solutions containing a mate- descriptions and proper shipping names rial where the hazard to humans is sig- of materials designated as hazardous nificantly different from that of the materials. Modification of a proper pure material or where no hazard to shipping name may otherwise be re- humans is posed, the material may be quired or authorized by this section. described using an alternative shipping Proper shipping names are limited to name that represents the hazards posed those shown in Roman type (not by the material. An appropriate alter- italics). nate proper shipping name and hazard (1) Proper shipping names may be class may be authorized by the Asso- used in the singular or plural and in ei- ciate Administrator. ther capital or lower case letters. (2) The letter ‘‘A’’ denotes a material Words may be alternatively spelled in that is subject to the requirements of the same manner as they appear in the this subchapter only when offered or ICAO Technical Instructions or the intended for transportation by aircraft, IMDG Code. For example ‘‘aluminum’’ unless the material is a hazardous sub- may be spelled ‘‘aluminium’’ and ‘‘sul- stance or a hazardous waste. A ship- fur’’ may be spelled ‘‘sulphur’’. How- ping description entry preceded by an ever, the word ‘‘inflammable’’ may not ‘‘A’’ may be used to describe a material be used in place of the word ‘‘flam- for other modes of transportation pro- mable’’. vided all applicable requirements for (2) Punctuation marks and words in the entry are met. italics are not part of the proper ship- (3) The letter ‘‘D’’ identifies proper ping name, but may be used in addition shipping names which are appropriate to the proper shipping name. The word 149 VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:24 Nov 06, 2017 Jkt 241226 PO 00000 Frm 00159 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Q:\49\49V2.TXT 31 kpayne on DSK54DXVN1OFR with $$_JOB § 172.101 49 CFR Ch. I (10–1–17 Edition) ‘‘or’’ in italics indicates that there is a is considered a prefix to the term choice of terms in the sequence that ‘‘chlorohydrin’’ and may be deleted. may alternately be used as the proper (8) Use of the word ‘‘liquid’’ or shipping name or as part of the proper ‘‘solid’’. The word ‘‘liquid’’ or ‘‘solid’’ shipping name, as appropriate. For ex- may be added to a proper shipping ample, for the hazardous materials de- name when a hazardous material spe- scription ‘‘Carbon dioxide, solid or Dry cifically listed by name may, due to ice’’ either ‘‘Carbon dioxide, solid’’ or differing physical states, be a liquid or ‘‘Dry ice’’ may be used as the proper solid. When the packaging specified in shipping name; and for the hazardous Column 8 is inappropriate for the phys- materials description ‘‘Articles, pres- ical state of the material, the table surized pneumatic or hydraulic,’’ ei- provided in paragraph (i)(4) of this sec- ther ‘‘Articles, pressurized pneumatic’’ tion should be used to determine the or ‘‘Articles, pressurized hydraulic’’ appropriate packaging section. may be used as the proper shipping (9) Hazardous wastes. If the word name. ‘‘waste’’ is not included in the haz- (3) The word ‘‘poison’’ or ‘‘poisonous’’ ardous material description in Column may be used interchangeably with the 2 of the Table, the proper shipping word ‘‘toxic’’ when only domestic name for a hazardous waste (as defined transportation is involved. The abbre- in § 171.8 of this subchapter), shall in- viation ‘‘n.o.i.’’ or ‘‘n.o.i.b.n.’’ may be clude the word ‘‘Waste’’ preceding the used interchangeably with ‘‘n.o.s.’’. proper shipping name of the material. (4) Except for hazardous wastes, when For example: Waste acetone. qualifying words are used as part of the (10) Mixtures and solutions. (i) A mix- proper shipping name, their sequence ture or solution meeting the definition in the package markings and shipping of one or more hazard class that is not paper description is optional. However, identified specifically by name, com- the entry in the Table reflects the pre- prised of a single predominant haz- ferred sequence. ardous material identified in the Table (5) When one entry references an- other entry by use of the word ‘‘see’’, if by technical name and one or more both names are in Roman type, either hazardous and/or non-hazardous mate- name may be used as the proper ship- rial, must be described using the proper shipping name of the hazardous mate- ping name (e.g., Ethyl alcohol, see Eth- anol). rial and the qualifying word ‘‘mixture’’ (6) When a proper shipping name in- or ‘‘solution’’, as appropriate, unless— cludes a concentration range as part of (A) Except as provided in the shipping description, the actual § 172.101(i)(4) the packaging specified in concentration, if it is within the range Column 8 is inappropriate to the phys- stated, may be used in place of the con- ical state of the material; centration range. For example, an (B) The shipping description indi- aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide cates that the proper shipping name containing 30 percent peroxide may be applies only to the pure or technically described as ‘‘Hydrogen peroxide, aque- pure hazardous material; ous solution with not less than 20 percent (C) The hazard class, packing group, but not more than 40 percent hydrogen or subsidiary hazard of the mixture or peroxide’’ or ‘‘Hydrogen peroxide, aque- solution is different from that specified ous solution with 30 percent hydrogen for the entry; peroxide.’’ Also, the percent sign (%) (D) There is a significant change in may be used in place of the word ‘‘per- the measures to be taken in emer- cent’’ when words in italics containing gencies; the word ‘‘percent’’ are used in addi- (E) The material is identified by spe- tion to the proper shipping name. cial provision in Column 7 of the (7) Use of the prefix ‘‘mono’’ is op- § 172.101 Table as a material poisonous tional in any shipping name, when ap- by inhalation; however, it no longer propriate. Thus, Iodine monochloride meets the definition of poisonous by in- may be used interchangeably with Io- halation or it falls within a different dine chloride. In ‘‘Glycerol alpha- hazard zone than that specified in the monochlorohydrin’’ the term ‘‘mono’’ special provision; or 150 VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:24 Nov 06, 2017 Jkt 241226 PO 00000 Frm 00160 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Q:\49\49V2.TXT 31 kpayne on DSK54DXVN1OFR with $$_JOB Pipeline and Haz. Matls. Safety Admin., DOT § 172.101 (F) The material can be appro- (A) Except when the word ‘‘Sample’’ priately described by a shipping name already appears in the proper shipping that describes its intended application, name, the word ‘‘Sample’’ must appear such as ‘‘Coating solution’’, ‘‘Extracts, as part of the proper shipping name or flavoring’’ or ‘‘Compound, cleaning liq- in association with the basic descrip- uid.’’. tion on the shipping paper. (ii) If one or more of the conditions (B) When the proper shipping descrip- in paragraphs (c)(10)(i)(A) through (F) tion for a sample is assigned a ‘‘G’’ in of this section is satisfied then the Column (1) of the § 172.101 Table, and proper shipping name selection process the primary constituent(s) for which in (c)(12)(ii) must be used.