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49 CFR Ch. I (10–1–18 Edition) 

§ 172.200 

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When offered for transportation by ves-

sel, the use of Large Packagings (see § 171.8 
of this subchapter) is prohibited. 

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Non-bulk packagings must be hermeti-

cally sealed. 

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Non-bulk packagings shall be hermeti-

cally sealed, except for solid fused mate-
rial. 

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Non-bulk bags are not allowed. 

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When offered for transportation by 

water, this material must be packaged in 
bales and be securely and tightly bound 
with rope, wire or similar means. 

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Non-bulk flexible, fibreboard or wood-

en packagings must be sift-proof and 
water-resistant or must be fitted with a 
sift-proof and water-resistant liner. 

[Amdt. 172–123, 55 FR 52582, Dec. 21, 1990] 

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Sections Affected, which appears in the 
Finding Aids section of the printed volume 
and at 

www.fdsys.gov. 

Subpart C—Shipping Papers 

§ 172.200

Applicability. 

(a) 

Description of hazardous materials 

required. 

Except as otherwise provided 

in this subpart, each person who offers 
a hazardous material for transpor-
tation shall describe the hazardous ma-
terial on the shipping paper in the 
manner required by this subpart. 

(b) This subpart does not apply to 

any material, other than a hazardous 
substance, hazardous waste or marine 
pollutant, that is— 

(1) Identified by the letter ‘‘A’’ in col-

umn 1 of the § 172.101 table, except 
when the material is offered or in-
tended for transportation by air; or 

(2) Identified by the letter ‘‘W’’ in 

column 1 of the § 172.101 table, except 
when the material is offered or in-
tended for transportation by water; or 

(3) A limited quantity package unless 

the material is offered for transpor-
tation by aircraft or vessel and, until 
December 31, 2020, a package of ORM–D 
material authorized by this subchapter 
on October 1, 2010, when offered for 
transportation by highway, rail or ves-
sel. 

(4) Category B infectious substances 

prepared in accordance with § 173.199. 

[Amdt. 172–29A, 41 FR 40677, Sept. 20, 1976, as 
amended by Amdt. 172–58, 45 FR 34697, May 
22, 1980; Amdt. 172–74, 47 FR 43065, Sept. 30, 
1982; Amdt. 172–112, 53 FR 17160, May 13, 1988; 
Amdt. 172–127, 57 FR 52938, Nov. 5, 1992; 71 FR 
32258, June 2, 2006; 76 FR 3365, Jan. 19, 2011; 78 
FR 1112, Jan. 7, 2013] 

§ 172.201

Preparation and retention of 

shipping papers. 

(a) 

Contents. 

When a description of 

hazardous material is required to be in-
cluded on a shipping paper, that de-
scription must conform to the fol-
lowing requirements: 

(1) When a hazardous material and a 

material not subject to the require-
ments of this subchapter are described 
on the same shipping paper, the haz-
ardous material description entries re-
quired by § 172.202 and those additional 
entries that may be required by 
§ 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 sub-
chapter, 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 § 172.202(a)(1), 
(2), (3), and (4)), or 

(iii) Must be identified by the entry 

of an ‘‘X’’ placed before the basic ship-
ping description required by § 172.202 in 
a column captioned ‘‘HM.’’ (The ‘‘X’’ 
may be replaced by ‘‘RQ,’’ if appro-
priate.) 

(2) The required shipping description 

on a shipping paper and all copies of 
the shipping paper used for transpor-
tation purposes must be legible and 
printed (manually or mechanically) in 
English. 

(3) Unless it is specifically authorized 

or required in this subchapter, the re-
quired shipping description may not 
contain any code or abbreviation. 

(4) A shipping paper may contain ad-

ditional information concerning the 
material provided the information is 
not inconsistent with the required de-
scription. Unless otherwise permitted 
or required by this subpart, additional 

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