Pipeline and Haz. Matls. Safety Admin., DOT

play configurations that are required
to be displayed are lost, damaged or destroyed during transportation, the carrier shall replace all the missing or
damaged identification numbers as
soon as practicable. However, in such a
case, the numbers may be entered by
hand on the appropriate placard, orange panel or white square-on-point
display configuration providing the
correct identification numbers are entered legibly using an indelible marking material. When entered by hand,
the identification numbers must be located in the white display area specified in Section 172.332. This section does not
preclude required compliance with the
placarding requirements of subpart F
of this subchapter.

Then the alternative marking requirement is:

Packaging:

When:

On cargo tanks .....

They contain only
fuel oil.

On one end of
nurse tanks if
that end contains valves, fittings, regulators
or gauges when
those appurtenances prevent the markings and placard
from being properly placed and
visible.
On cargo tanks, including compartmented cargo
tanks, or tank
cars.

They meet the
provisions of
Section 173.315(m) of
this subchapter.

Section 172.400

The cargo tank is
marked  - Fuel
Oil -  on each
side and rear in
letters no less
than 50 mm (2
inches) high, or
is placarded in
accordance with
Section 172.544(c).
N/A.

[Amdt. 172-110, 52 FR 29528, Aug. 10, 1987]
They contain more
than one petroleum distillate
fuel.

The identification
number for the
liquid petroleum
distillate fuel
having the lowest flash point is
displayed. If the
cargo tank also
contains gasoline and alcohol
fuel blends consisting of more
than 10% ethanol the identification number
 - 3475 -  or
 - 1987, -  as appropriate, must
also be displayed.

(d) When a bulk packaging is labeled
instead of placarded in accordance with
Section 172.514(c) of this subchapter, identification number markings may be displayed on the package in accordance
with the marking requirements of
Section 172.301(a)(1) of this subchapter.
[Amdt. 172-101, 45 FR 74667, Nov. 10, 1980, as
amended by Amdt. 172-74, 47 FR 40365, Sept.
30, 1982; Amdt. 172-109, 52 FR 13038, Apr. 20,
1987; Amdt. 172-110, 52 FR 29528, Aug. 10, 1987;
Amdt. 172-123, 55 FR 52593, Dec. 21, 1990; 56
FR 66255, Dec. 20, 1991; 65 FR 50459, Aug. 18,
2000; 73 FR 4716, Jan. 28, 2008; 76 FR 43527,
July 20, 2011; 78 FR 14714, Mar. 7, 2013; 78 FR
65478, Oct. 31, 2013]

Section 172.338 Replacement of identification
numbers.
If more than one of the identification
number markings on placards, orange
panels, or white square-on-point dis-

Subpart E - Labeling
Section 172.400 General
labeling
requirements.
(a) Except as specified in Section 172.400a,
each person who offers for transportation or transports a hazardous material in any of the following packages or
containment devices, shall label the
package or containment device with labels specified for the material in the
Section 172.101 table and in this subpart:
(1) A non-bulk package;
(2) A bulk packaging, other than a
cargo tank, portable tank, or tank car,
with a volumetric capacity of less than
18 m3 (640 cubic feet), unless placarded
in accordance with subpart F of this
part;
(3) A portable tank of less than 3785 L
(1000 gallons) capacity, unless placarded in accordance with subpart F of
this part;
(4) A DOT Specification 106 or 110
multi-unit tank car tank, unless placarded in accordance with subpart F of
this part; and
(5) An overpack, freight container or
unit load device, of less than 18 m3 (640
cubic feet), which contains a package
for which labels are required, unless
placarded or marked in accordance
with Section 172.512 of this part.
(b) Labeling is required for a hazardous material which meets one or
more hazard class definitions, in accordance with column 6 of the Section 172.101
table and the following table:

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