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§ 172.521
provided that information is printed
outside of the solid line inner border in
no larger than 10-point type.
(f)
Exceptions.
When hazardous mate-
rials are offered for transportation or
transported under the provisions of
subpart C of part 171 of this subchapter,
a placard conforming to the specifica-
tions in the ICAO Technical Instruc-
tions, the IMDG Code, or the Transport
Canada TDG Regulations (IBR, see
§ 171.7 of this subchapter) may be used
in place of a corresponding placard
conforming to the requirements of this
subpart. However, a bulk packaging,
transport vehicle, or freight container
containing a material poisonous by in-
halation (see § 171.8 of this subchapter)
must be placarded in accordance with
this subpart (see § 171.23(b)(10) of this
subchapter).
(g)
Trefoil symbol.
The trefoil symbol
on the RADIOACTIVE placard must
meet the appropriate specification in
appendix B of this part.
[Amdt. 172–123, 55 FR 52601, Dec. 21, 1990, as
amended at 56 FR 66260, Dec. 20, 1991; 57 FR
45460, Oct. 1, 1992; Amdt. 172–143, 60 FR 50305,
Sept. 28, 1995; 65 FR 50460, Aug. 18, 2000; 66 FR
33426, June 21, 2001; 66 FR 44255, Aug. 22, 2001;
67 FR 15743, Apr. 3, 2002; 70 FR 34075, June 13,
2005; 69 FR 64473, Nov. 4, 2004; 72 FR 25176,
May 3, 2007; 76 FR 43528, July 20, 2011; 76 FR
56314, Sept. 13, 2011; 80 FR 1151, Jan. 8, 2015]
§ 172.521
DANGEROUS placard.
(a) Except for size and color, the
DANGEROUS placard must be as fol-
lows:
(b) In addition to meeting the re-
quirements of § 172.519, and appendix B
to this part, the DANGEROUS placard
must have a red upper and lower tri-
angle. The placard center area and
1
⁄
2
-
inch (12.7 mm.) border must be white.
The inscription must be black with the
1
⁄
8
-inch (3.2 mm.) border marker in the
white area at each end of the inscrip-
tion red.
[Amdt. 172–29, 41 FR 15996, Apr. 15, 1976, as
amended by Amdt. 172–29A, 41 FR 40680, Sept.
20, 1976]
§ 172.522
EXPLOSIVES 1.1, EXPLO-
SIVES 1.2 and EXPLOSIVES 1.3
placards.
(a) Except for size and color, the EX-
PLOSIVES 1.1, EXPLOSIVES 1.2 and
EXPLOSIVES 1.3 placards must be as
follows:
(b) In addition to complying with
§ 172.519 of this subpart, the background
color on the EXPLOSIVES 1.1, EXPLO-
SIVES 1.2, and EXPLOSIVES 1.3 plac-
ards must be orange. The ‘‘*’’ shall be
replaced with the appropriate division
number and, when required, appro-
priate compatibility group letter. The
symbol, text, numerals and inner bor-
der must be black.
[Amdt. 172–123, 55 FR 52602, Dec. 21, 1990, as
amended at 56 FR 66260, Dec. 20, 1991]
§ 172.523
EXPLOSIVES 1.4 placard.
(a) Except for size and color, the EX-
PLOSIVES 1.4 placard must be as fol-
lows:
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