Answer: Yes. Section 177.817(e) of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) requires the shipping paper to be readily available to, and recognizable by, authorities in the event of accident or inspection. Provided the shipping paper storage requirements of 177.817(e)(2) are met and all information required by Subpart C of Part 172 is readily visible to a person entering the driver’s compartment, the permanent shipping paper mounted as described meets the intent of the HMR.

Although the HMR instructs carriers to maintain ERI in the same manner as shipping papers, the HMR expressly requires that, in accordance with 172.602(b)(2), ERI must be available for use away from the package containing the hazardous material and thus may not be carried in the same manner as the shipping paper described above.