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§ 172.203 

that the notation is clearly associated 
with the description to which it ap-
plies. 

(b) 

Limited quantities. 

When a ship-

ping paper is required by this sub-
chapter, the description for a material 
offered for transportation as ‘‘limited 
quantity,’’ as authorized by this sub-
chapter, must include the words ‘‘Lim-
ited Quantity’’ or ‘‘Ltd Qty’’ following 
the basic description. 

(c) 

Hazardous substances. 

(1) Except 

for Class 7 (radioactive) materials de-
scribed in accordance with paragraph 
(d) of this section, if the proper ship-
ping name for a material that is a haz-
ardous substance does not identify the 
hazardous substance by name, the 
name of the hazardous substance must 
be entered in parentheses in associa-
tion with the basic description. If the 
material contains two or more haz-
ardous substances, at least two haz-
ardous substances, including the two 
with the lowest reportable quantities 
(RQs), must be identified. For a haz-
ardous waste, the waste code (e.g., 
D001), if appropriate, may be used to 
identify the hazardous substance. 

(2) The letters ‘‘RQ’’ must be entered 

on the shipping paper either before or 
after the basic description required by 
§ 172.202 for each hazardous substance 
(see definition in § 171.8 of this sub-
chapter). For example: ‘‘RQ, UN 1098, 
Allyl alcohol, 6.1, I, Toxic-inhalation 
hazard, Zone B’’; or ‘‘UN 3077, Environ-
mentally hazardous substances, solid, 
n.o.s., 9, III, RQ (Adipic acid)’’. 

(d) 

Radioactive material. 

The descrip-

tion for a shipment of a Class 7 (radio-
active) material must include the fol-
lowing additional entries as appro-
priate: 

(1) The name of each radionuclide in 

the Class 7 (radioactive) material that 
is listed in § 173.435 of this subchapter. 
For mixtures of radionuclides, the 
radionuclides required to be shown 
must be determined in accordance with 
§ 173.433(g) of this subchapter. Abbre-
viations, 

e.g.

, ‘‘

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Mo,’’ are authorized. 

(2) A description of the physical and 

chemical form of the material: 

(i) For special form materials, the 

words ‘‘special form’’ unless the words 
‘‘special form’’ already appear in the 
proper shipping name; or 

(ii) If the material is not in special 

form, a description of the physical and 
chemical form of the material (generic 
chemical descriptions are permitted). 

(3) The maximum activity of the ra-

dioactive contents contained in each 
package during transport in terms of 
the appropriate SI units (

e.g., 

Becquerels (Bq), Terabecquerels (TBq)). 
The activity may also be stated in ap-
propriate customary units (

e.g., 

Curies 

(Ci), milliCuries (mCi), microCuries 
(uCi)) in parentheses following the SI 
units. Abbreviations are authorized. 
Except for plutonium-239 and pluto-
nium-241, the weight in grams or kilo-
grams of fissile radionuclides (or the 
mass of each fissile nuclide for mix-
tures when appropriate) may be in-
serted instead of activity units. For 
plutonium-239 and plutonium-241, the 
weight in grams of fissile radionuclides 
(or the mass of each fissile nuclide for 
mixtures when appropriate) may be in-
serted in addition to the activity units. 

(4) The category of label applied to 

each package in the shipment. For ex-
ample: ‘‘RADIOACTIVE WHITE–I,’’ or 
‘‘WHITE–I.’’ 

(5) The transport index assigned to 

each package in the shipment bearing 
RADIOACTIVE YELLOW-II or RADIO-
ACTIVE YELLOW-III labels. 

(6) For a package containing fissile 

Class 7 (radioactive) material: 

(i) The words ‘‘Fissile Excepted’’ if 

the package is excepted pursuant to 
§ 173.453 of this subchapter; or other-
wise 

(ii) The criticality safety index for 

that package. 

(7) For a package approved by the 

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) or 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC), a notation of the package iden-
tification marking as prescribed in the 
applicable DOE or NRC approval (see 
§ 173.471 of the subchapter). 

(8) For an export shipment or a ship-

ment in a foreign made package, a no-
tation of the package identification 
marking as prescribed in the applicable 
International Atomic Energy Agency 
(IAEA) Certificate of Competent Au-
thority which has been issued for the 
package (see § 173.473 of the sub-
chapter). 

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