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§172.400 General labeling requirements.

RegSensePipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), DOTCFR RegulationsTransportationHazmat SafetyCFR SectionHazmat markings, Placards, and LabelsEnglishHazmat LabelsFocus AreaUSA

(a) Except as specified in §172.400a, each person who offers for transportation or transports a hazardous material in any of the following packages or containment devices, shall label the package or containment device with labels specified for the material in the §172.101 Table and in this subpart:

(1) A non-bulk package;

(2) A bulk packaging, other than a cargo tank, portable tank, or tank car, with a volumetric capacity of less than 18 m 3 (640 cubic feet), unless placarded in accordance with subpart F of this part;

(3) A portable tank of less than 3785 L (1000 gallons) capacity, unless placarded in accordance with subpart F of this part;

(4) A DOT Specification 106 or 110 multi-unit tank car tank, unless placarded in accordance with subpart F of this part; and

(5) An overpack, freight container or unit load device, of less than 18 m 3 (640 cubic feet), which contains a package for which labels are required, unless placarded or marked in accordance with §172.512 of this part.

(b) Labeling is required for a hazardous material which meets one or more hazard class definitions, in accordance with column 6 of the §172.101 table and the following table:

Table 1 to Paragraph (b)
Hazard class or divisionLabel name Label design or section reference
1.1EXPLOSIVES 1.1172.411
1.2EXPLOSIVES 1.2172.411
1.3EXPLOSIVES 1.3172.411
1.4EXPLOSIVES 1.4172.411
1.5EXPLOSIVES 1.5172.411
1.6EXPLOSIVES 1.6172.411
2.1FLAMMABLE GAS172.417
2.2NON-FLAMMABLE GAS172.415
2.3POISON GAS172.416
3 Flammable Liquid (Combustible liquid)FLAMMABLE LIQUID (none)172.419
4.1FLAMMABLE SOLID172.420
4.2SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTIBLE172.422
4.3DANGEROUS WHEN WET172.423
5.1OXIDIZER172.426
5.2ORGANIC PEROXIDE172.427
6.1 (material poisonous by inhalation (see §171.8 of this subchapter))POISON INHALATION HAZARD172.429
6.1 (other than a material poisonous by inhalation)POISON172.430
6.1 (inhalation hazard, Zone A or B)POISON INHALATION HAZARD172.429
6.1 (other than inhalation hazard, Zone A or B)POISON172.430
6.2INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCE172.432
7 (see §172.403)RADIOACTIVE WHITE-I172.436
7RADIOACTIVE YELLOW-II172.438
7RADIOACTIVE YELLOW-III172.440
7 (fissile radioactive material; see §172.402)FISSILE172.441
7 (empty packages, see §173.428 of this subchapter)EMPTY172.450
8CORROSIVE172.442
9CLASS 9172.446

[Amdt. 172–123, 55 FR 52593, Dec. 21, 1990, as amended at 56 FR 66255, Dec. 20, 1991; Amdt. 172–151, 62 FR 1228, Jan. 8, 1997; 64 FR 10776, Mar. 5, 1999; 64 FR 51918, Sept. 27, 1999; 69 FR 3668, Jan. 26, 2004; 69 FR 64471, Nov. 4, 2004; 78 FR 60753, Oct. 2, 2013; 85 FR 83381, Dec. 21, 2020; 87 FR 79773, Dec. 27, 2022]

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