Pipeline and Haz. Matls. Safety Admin., DOT Pt. 172 PART 172—HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 172.331 Bulk packagings other than portable tanks, cargo tanks, tank cars and multi- TABLE, SPECIAL PROVISIONS, unit tank car tanks. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS COM- 172.332 Identification number markings. MUNICATIONS, EMERGENCY RE- 172.334 Identification numbers; prohibited SPONSE INFORMATION, TRAIN- display. 172.336 Identification numbers; special pro- ING REQUIREMENTS, AND SECU- visions. RITY PLANS 172.338 Replacement of identification num- bers. Subpart A—General Subpart E—Labeling Sec. 172.1 Purpose and scope. 172.400 General labeling requirements. 172.400a Exceptions from labeling. 172.3 Applicability. 172.401 Prohibited labeling. 172.402 Additional labeling requirements. Subpart B—Table of Hazardous Materials 172.403 Class 7 (radioactive) material. and Special Provisions 172.404 Labels for mixed and consolidated packaging. 172.101 Purpose and use of hazardous mate- 172.405 Authorized label modifications. rials table. 172.406 Placement of labels. 172.102 Special provisions. 172.407 Label specifications. 172.411 EXPLOSIVE 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 and Subpart C—Shipping Papers 1.6 labels, and EXPLOSIVE Subsidiary label. 172.200 Applicability. 172.415 NON-FLAMMABLE GAS label. 172.201 Preparation and retention of ship- 172.416 POISON GAS label. ping papers. 172.417 FLAMMABLE GAS label. 172.202 Description of hazardous material on 172.419 FLAMMABLE LIQUID label. shipping papers. 172.420 FLAMMABLE SOLID label. 172.203 Additional description requirements. 172.422 SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTIBLE 172.204 Shipper’s certification. label. 172.205 Hazardous waste manifest. 172.423 DANGEROUS WHEN WET label. 172.426 OXIDIZER label. Subpart D—Marking 172.427 ORGANIC PEROXIDE label. 172.429 POISON INHALATION HAZARD 172.300 Applicability. label. 172.301 General marking requirements for 172.430 POISON label. non-bulk packagings. 172.431 [Reserved] 172.302 General marking requirements for 172.432 INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCE label. bulk packagings. 172.436 RADIOACTIVE WHITE-I label. 172.303 Prohibited marking. 172.438 RADIOACTIVE YELLOW-II label. 172.304 Marking requirements. 172.440 RADIOACTIVE YELLOW-III label. 172.306 [Reserved] 172.441 FISSILE label. 172.308 Authorized abbreviations. 172.442 CORROSIVE label. 172.310 Class 7 (radioactive) materials. 172.444 [Reserved] 172.312 Liquid hazardous materials in non- 172.446 CLASS 9 label. bulk packagings. 172.447 LITHIUM BATTERY label. 172.313 Poisonous hazardous materials. 172.448 CARGO AIRCRAFT ONLY label. 172.315 Limited quantities. 172.450 EMPTY label. 172.316 Packagings containing materials classed as ORM-D. Subpart F—Placarding 172.317 KEEP AWAY FROM HEAT handling 172.500 Applicability of placarding require- mark. ments. 172.320 Explosive hazardous materials. 172.502 Prohibited and permissive 172.322 Marine pollutants. placarding. 172.323 Infectious substances. 172.503 Identification number display on 172.324 Hazardous substances in non-bulk placards. packagings. 172.504 General placarding requirements. 172.325 Elevated temperature materials. 172.505 Placarding for subsidiary hazards. 172.326 Portable tanks. 172.506 Providing and affixing placards: 172.327 Petroleum sour crude oil in bulk Highway. packaging. 172.507 Special placarding provisions: High- 172.328 Cargo tanks. way. 172.330 Tank cars and multi-unit tank car 172.508 Placarding and affixing placarding: tanks. Rail. 149 VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:40 Nov 25, 2020 Jkt 250227 PO 00000 Frm 00159 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Q:\49\49V2.TXT PC31 kpayne on VMOFRWIN702 with $$_JOB § 172.1 49 CFR Ch. I (10–1–20 Edition) 172.510 Special placarding provisions: Rail. APPENDIX B TO PART 172—TREFOIL SYMBOL 172.512 Freight containers and aircraft unit APPENDIX C TO PART 172—DIMENSIONAL SPEC- load devices. IFICATIONS FOR RECOMMENDED PLACARD 172.514 Bulk packagings. HOLDER 172.516 Visibility and display of placards. APPENDIX D TO PART 172—RAIL RISK ANAL- 172.519 General specifications for placards. YSIS FACTORS 172.521 DANGEROUS placard. AUTHORITY: 49 U.S.C. 5101–5128, 44701; 49 172.522 EXPLOSIVES 1.1, EXPLOSIVES 1.2 CFR 1.81, 1.96 and 1.97. and EXPLOSIVES 1.3 placards. 172.523 EXPLOSIVES 1.4 placard. SOURCE: Amdt. 172–29, 41 FR 15996, Apr. 15, 172.524 EXPLOSIVES 1.5 placard. 1976, unless otherwise noted. 172.525 EXPLOSIVES 1.6 placard. 172.526 [Reserved] 172.527 Background requirements for cer- Subpart A—General tain placards. 172.528 NON-FLAMMABLE GAS placard. § 172.1 Purpose and scope. 172.530 OXYGEN placard. This part lists and classifies those 172.532 FLAMMABLE GAS placard. materials which the Department has 172.536 [Reserved] designated as hazardous materials for 172.540 POISON GAS placard. purposes of transportation and pre- 172.542 FLAMMABLE placard. 172.544 COMBUSTIBLE placard. scribes the requirements for shipping 172.546 FLAMMABLE SOLID placard. papers, package marking, labeling, and 172.547 SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTIBLE transport vehicle placarding applicable placard. to the shipment and transportation of 172.548 DANGEROUS WHEN WET placard. those hazardous materials. 172.550 OXIDIZER placard. 172.552 ORGANIC PEROXIDE placard. [Amdt. 172–29, 41 FR 15997, Apr. 15, 1976, as 172.553 [Reserved] amended by 66 FR 45379, Aug. 28, 2001] 172.554 POISON placard. 172.555 POISON INHALATION HAZARD § 172.3 Applicability. placard. (a) This part applies to— 172.556 RADIOACTIVE placard. (1) Each person who offers a haz- 172.558 CORROSIVE placard. ardous material for transportation, and 172.560 CLASS 9 placard. (2) Each carrier by air, highway, rail, Subpart G—Emergency Response or water who transports a hazardous Information material. (b) When a person, other than one of 172.600 Applicability and general require- those provided for in paragraph (a) of ments. this section, performs a packaging la- 172.602 Emergency response information. beling or marking function required by 172.604 Emergency response telephone num- ber. this part, that person shall perform the 172.606 Carrier information contact. function in accordance with this part. [Amdt. 172–29, 41 FR 15996, Apr. 15, 1976, as Subpart H—Training amended by Amdt. 172–32, 41 FR 38179, Sept. 172.700 Purpose and scope. 9, 1976] 172.701 Federal-State relationship. 172.702 Applicability and responsibility for Subpart B—Table of Hazardous training and testing. Materials and Special Provisions 172.704 Training requirements. § 172.101 Purpose and use of haz- Subpart I—Safety and Security Plans ardous materials table. 172.800 Purpose and applicability. (a) The Hazardous Materials Table 172.802 Components of a security plan. (Table) in this section designates the 172.804 Relationship to other Federal re- materials listed therein as hazardous quirements. materials for the purpose of transpor- 172.820 Additional planning requirements for transportation by rail. tation of those materials. For each 172.822 Limitation on actions by states, listed material, the Table identifies the local governments, and Indian tribes. hazard class or specifies that the mate- APPENDIX A TO PART 172—OFFICE OF HAZ- rial is forbidden in transportation, and ARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION gives the proper shipping name or di- COLOR TOLERANCE CHARTS AND TABLES rects the user to the preferred proper 150 VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:40 Nov 25, 2020 Jkt 250227 PO 00000 Frm 00160 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Q:\49\49V2.TXT PC31 kpayne on VMOFRWIN702 with $$_JOB Pipeline and Haz. Matls. Safety Admin., DOT § 172.101 shipping name. In addition, the Table (5) The letter ‘‘I’’ identifies proper specifies or references requirements in shipping names which are appropriate this subchapter pertaining to labeling, for describing materials in inter- packaging, quantity limits aboard air- national transportation. An alternate craft and stowage of hazardous mate- proper shipping name may be selected rials aboard vessels. when only domestic transportation is (b) Column 1: Symbols. Column 1 of the involved. Table contains six symbols (‘‘ + ’’, ‘‘A’’, (6) The letter ‘‘W’’ denotes a material ‘‘D’’, ‘‘G’’, ‘‘I’’ and ‘‘W’’) as follows: that is subject to the requirements of (1) The plus (+) sign fixes the proper this subchapter only when offered or shipping name, hazard class and pack- intended for transportation by vessel, ing group for that entry without regard unless the material is a hazardous sub- to whether the material meets the defi- stance or a hazardous waste. A ship- nition of that class, packing group or ping description entry preceded by a any other hazard class definition. When ‘‘W’’ may be used to describe a mate- the plus sign is assigned to a proper rial for other modes of transportation shipping name in Column (1) of the provided all applicable requirements § 172.101 Table, it means that the mate- for the entry are met. rial is known to pose a risk to humans. (c) Column 2: Hazardous materials de- When a plus sign is assigned to mix- scriptions and proper shipping names. tures or solutions containing a mate- Column 2 lists the hazardous materials rial where the hazard to humans is sig- descriptions and proper shipping names nificantly different from that of the of materials designated as hazardous pure material or where no hazard to materials. Modification of a proper humans is posed, the material may be shipping name may otherwise be re- described using an alternative shipping quired or authorized by this section. name that represents the hazards posed Proper shipping names are limited to 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.