Pipeline and Haz. Matls. Safety Admin., DOT

Section 172.504

(6) Combustible liquids in non-bulk
packagings.

Section 172.503 Identification
play on placards.

[Amdt. 172-123, 55 FR 52599, Dec. 21, 1990, as
amended by Amdt. 172-149, 61 FR 27173, May
30, 1996; 74 FR 2253, Jan. 14, 2009; 76 FR 3367,
Jan. 19, 2011]

For procedures and limitations pertaining to the display of identification
numbers on placards, see Section 172.334.

Section 172.502 Prohibited
placarding.

and

permissive

(a) Prohibited placarding. Except as
provided in paragraph (b) of this section, no person may affix or display on
a packaging, freight container, unit
load device, motor vehicle or rail car - 
(1) Any placard described in this subpart unless - 
(i) The material being offered or
transported is a hazardous material;
(ii) The placard represents a hazard
of the hazardous material being offered
or transported; and
(iii) Any placarding conforms to the
requirements of this subpart.
(2) Any sign, advertisement, slogan
(such as  - Drive Safely - ), or device
that, by its color, design, shape or content, could be confused with any
placard prescribed in this subpart.
(b) Exceptions. (1) The restrictions in
paragraph (a) of this section do not
apply to a bulk packaging, freight container, unit load device, transport vehicle or rail car which is placarded in
conformance with TDG Regulations,
the IMDG Code or the UN Recommendations (IBR, see Section 171.7 of this
subchapter).
(2) The restrictions of paragraph (a)
of this section do not apply to the display of a BIOHAZARD marking, a
 - HOT -  marking, a sour crude oil hazard marking, or an identification number on a white square-on-point configuration in accordance with Section 172.323(c),
Section 172.325(c), Section 172.327(a), or Section 172.336(b) of
this part, respectively.
(c) Permissive placarding. Placards
may be displayed for a hazardous material, even when not required, if the
placarding otherwise conforms to the
requirements of this subpart.
[Amdt. 172-123, 55 FR 52599, Dec. 21, 1990, as
amended at 56 FR 66259, Dec. 20, 1991; Amdt.
172-151, 62 FR 1230, Jan. 8, 1997; 62 FR 39389,
39407, July 22, 1997; 66 FR 8647, Feb. 1, 2001; 66
FR 33426, June 21, 2001; 67 FR 53137, Aug. 14,
2002; 68 FR 75741, Dec. 31, 2003; 76 FR 3367,
Jan. 19, 2011; 80 FR 72923, Nov. 23, 2015]

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[Amdt. 172-58, 45 FR 34701, May 22, 1980]

Section 172.504 General placarding requirements.
(a) General. Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, each bulk
packaging, freight container, unit load
device, transport vehicle or rail car
containing any quantity of a hazardous
material must be placarded on each
side and each end with the type of placards specified in tables 1 and 2 of this
section and in accordance with other
placarding requirements of this subpart, including the specifications for
the placards named in the tables and
described in detail in SectionSection 172.519 through
172.560.
(b) DANGEROUS placard. A freight
container, unit load device, transport
vehicle, or rail car which contains nonbulk packages with two or more categories of hazardous materials that require different placards specified in
table 2 of paragraph (e) of this section
may be placarded with a DANGEROUS
placard
instead
of
the
separate
placarding specified for each of the materials in table 2 of paragraph (e) of
this section. However, when 1,000 kg
(2,205 pounds) aggregate gross weight
or more of one category of material is
loaded therein at one loading facility
on a freight container, unit load device, transport vehicle, or rail car, the
placard specified in table 2 of paragraph (e) of this section for that category must be applied.
(c) Exception for less than 454 kg (1,001
pounds). Except for bulk packagings
and hazardous materials subject to
Section 172.505, when hazardous materials covered by table 2 of this section are
transported by highway or rail, placards are not required on - 
(1) A transport vehicle or freight container which contains less than 454 kg
(1001 pounds) aggregate gross weight of
hazardous materials covered by table 2
of paragraph (e) of this section; or
(2) A rail car loaded with transport
vehicles or freight containers, none of
which is required to be placarded.

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