Pipeline and Haz. Matls. Safety Admin., DOT
(vii) For hazardous materials in limited quantities, the total net quantity
per package must be shown unless a
gross mass is indicated in Column 4 of
Section 173.27 Table 3, in which case the total
gross mass per package must be shown.
Where different hazardous materials in
limited quantities are packed together
in the same outer packaging, when a
gross mass is indicated Column 4 of
Section 173.27 Table 3, the net quantity of
each hazardous material must be
shown in addition to the gross mass of
the completed package.
(viii) For authorized consumer commodities, the information provided
may be either the gross mass of each
package or the average gross mass of
the packages.
(7) The number and type of packages
must be indicated. The type of packages must be indicated by description
of the package (for example,  - 12
drums - ). Indication of the packaging
specification number ( - 1H1 - ) may be
included in the description of the package (for example,  - 12 1H1 drums -  or  - 12
drums (UN 1A1) - ). Abbreviations may
be used for indicating packaging types
(for example,  - cyl. -  for  - cylinder - )
provided the abbreviations are commonly accepted and recognizable.
(b) Except as provided in this subpart, the basic description specified in
paragraphs (a)(1), (2), (3), and (4) of this
section must be shown in sequence
with no additional information interspersed.
For
example,
 - UN2744,
Cyclobutyl chloroformate, 6.1, (8, 3),
PG II. -  The shipping description sequences in effect on December 31, 2006,
may be used until January 1, 2013.
Shipping descriptions for hazardous
materials offered or intended for transportation by rail that contain all the
information required in this subpart
and that are formatted and ordered in
accordance with recognized electronic
data interchange standards and, to the
extent possible, in the order and manner required by this subpart are
deemed to comply with this paragraph.
(c)(1) The total quantity of the material covered by one description must
appear before or after, or both before
and after, the description required and
authorized by this subpart. The type of
packaging and destination marks may
be entered in any appropriate manner

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before or after the basic description.
Abbreviations may be used to express
units of measurement and types of
packagings.
(2) Hazardous materials and hazardous substances transported by highway considered  - household wastes -  as
defined in 40 CFR 261.4, and not subject
to the Environmental Protection Agency-s hazardous waste regulations in 40
CFR parts 262 and 263, are excepted
from the requirements of this paragraph.
(d) Technical and chemical group
names may be entered in parentheses
between the proper shipping name and
hazard class or following the basic description. An appropriate modifier,
such as  - contains -  or  - containing, - 
and/or the percentage of the technical
constituent may also be used. For example:  - UN 1993, Flammable liquids,
n.o.s. (contains Xylene and Benzene), 3,
II - .
(e) Except for those materials in the
UN Recommendations, the ICAO Technical Instructions, or the IMDG Code
(IBR, see Section 171.7 of this subchapter), a
material that is not a hazardous material according to this subchapter may
not be offered for transportation or
transported when its description on a
shipping paper includes a hazard class
or an identification number specified
in the Section 172.101 Table.
[Amdt. 172-101, 45 FR 74665, Nov. 10, 1980]
EDITORIAL NOTE: For FEDERAL REGISTER citations affecting Section 172.202, see the List of CFR
Sections Affected, which appears in the
Finding Aids section of the printed volume
and at www.fdsys.gov.

Section 172.203 Additional description requirements.
(a) Special permits. Except as provided
in Section 173.23 of this subchapter, each shipping paper issued in connection with a
shipment made under a special permit
must bear the notation  - DOT-SP -  followed by the special permit number assigned and located so that the notation
is clearly associated with the description to which the special permit applies. Each shipping paper issued in
connection with a shipment made
under an exemption or special permit
issued prior to October 1, 2007, may
bear the notation  - DOT-E -  followed by
the number assigned and so located

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