Section 172.200

49 CFR Ch. I (10-1-18 Edition)

W10 When offered for transportation by vessel, the use of Large Packagings (see Section 171.8
of this subchapter) is prohibited.
W31 Non-bulk packagings must be hermetically sealed.
W32 Non-bulk packagings shall be hermetically sealed, except for solid fused material.
W40 Non-bulk bags are not allowed.
W41 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.
W100 Non-bulk flexible, fibreboard or wooden 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]
EDITORIAL NOTE: For FEDERAL REGISTER citations affecting Section 172.102, see the List of CFR
Sections Affected, which appears in the
Finding Aids section of the printed volume
and at www.fdsys.gov.

Subpart C - Shipping Papers
Section 172.200

Applicability.

(a) Description of hazardous materials
required. Except as otherwise provided
in this subpart, each person who offers
a hazardous material for transportation shall describe the hazardous material 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 column 1 of the Section 172.101 table, except
when the material is offered or intended for transportation by air; or
(2) Identified by the letter  - W -  in
column 1 of the Section 172.101 table, except
when the material is offered or intended for transportation by water; or
(3) A limited quantity package unless
the material is offered for transportation 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 vessel.

(4) Category B infectious substances
prepared in accordance with Section 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]

Section 172.201 Preparation and retention of
shipping papers.
(a) Contents. When a description of
hazardous material is required to be included on a shipping paper, that description must conform to the following requirements:
(1) When a hazardous material and a
material not subject to the requirements of this subchapter are described
on the same shipping paper, the hazardous material description entries required by Section 172.202 and those additional
entries that may be required by
Section 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 subchapter, 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 Section 172.202(a)(1),
(2), (3), and (4)), or
(iii) Must be identified by the entry
of an  - X -  placed before the basic shipping description required by Section 172.202 in
a column captioned  - HM. -  (The  - X - 
may be replaced by  - RQ, -  if appropriate.)
(2) The required shipping description
on a shipping paper and all copies of
the shipping paper used for transportation purposes must be legible and
printed (manually or mechanically) in
English.
(3) Unless it is specifically authorized
or required in this subchapter, the required shipping description may not
contain any code or abbreviation.
(4) A shipping paper may contain additional information concerning the
material provided the information is
not inconsistent with the required description. Unless otherwise permitted
or required by this subpart, additional

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