Section 172.203

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that the notation is clearly associated
with the description to which it applies.
(b) Limited quantities. When a shipping paper is required by this subchapter, the description for a material
offered for transportation as  - limited
quantity, -  as authorized by this subchapter, must include the words  - Limited Quantity -  or  - Ltd Qty -  following
the basic description.
(c) Hazardous substances. (1) Except
for Class 7 (radioactive) materials described in accordance with paragraph
(d) of this section, if the proper shipping name for a material that is a hazardous substance does not identify the
hazardous substance by name, the
name of the hazardous substance must
be entered in parentheses in association with the basic description. If the
material contains two or more hazardous substances, at least two hazardous substances, including the two
with the lowest reportable quantities
(RQs), must be identified. For a hazardous 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
Section 172.202 for each hazardous substance
(see definition in Section 171.8 of this subchapter). For example:  - RQ, UN 1098,
Allyl alcohol, 6.1, I, Toxic-inhalation
hazard, Zone B - ; or  - UN 3077, Environmentally hazardous substances, solid,
n.o.s., 9, III, RQ (Adipic acid) - .
(d) Radioactive material. The description for a shipment of a Class 7 (radioactive) material must include the following additional entries as appropriate:
(1) The name of each radionuclide in
the Class 7 (radioactive) material that
is listed in Section 173.435 of this subchapter.
For mixtures of radionuclides, the
radionuclides required to be shown
must be determined in accordance with
Section 173.433(g) of this subchapter. Abbreviations, e.g.,  - 99Mo, -  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 radioactive 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 appropriate customary units (e.g., Curies
(Ci), milliCuries (mCi), microCuries
(uCi)) in parentheses following the SI
units. Abbreviations are authorized.
Except for plutonium-239 and plutonium-241, the weight in grams or kilograms of fissile radionuclides (or the
mass of each fissile nuclide for mixtures when appropriate) may be inserted 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 inserted in addition to the activity units.
(4) The category of label applied to
each package in the shipment. For example:  - RADIOACTIVE WHITE-I, -  or
 - WHITE-I. - 
(5) The transport index assigned to
each package in the shipment bearing
RADIOACTIVE YELLOW-II or RADIOACTIVE 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
Section 173.453 of this subchapter; or otherwise
(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 identification marking as prescribed in the
applicable DOE or NRC approval (see
Section 173.471 of the subchapter).
(8) For an export shipment or a shipment in a foreign made package, a notation of the package identification
marking as prescribed in the applicable
International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) Certificate of Competent Authority which has been issued for the
package (see Section 173.473 of the subchapter).

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