§ 172.400
General labeling requirements.
(a) Except as specified in § 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 § 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 § 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 § 172.101 table and the following table:
Hazard class or division
Label name
Label design or section reference
1.1
EXPLOSIVES 1.1
172.411
1.2
EXPLOSIVES 1.2
172.411
1.3
EXPLOSIVES 1.3
172.411
1.4
EXPLOSIVES 1.4
172.411
1.5
EXPLOSIVES 1.5
172.411
1.6
EXPLOSIVES 1.6
172.411
2.1
FLAMMABLE GAS
172.417
2.2
NONFLAMMABLE GAS
172.415
2.3
POISON GAS
172.416
3 (flammable liquid) Combustible liquid
FLAMMABLE LIQUID (none)
172.419
4.1
FLAMMABLE SOLID
172.420
4.2
SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTIBLE
172.422
4.3
DANGEROUS WHEN WET
172.423
5.1
OXIDIZER
172.426
5.2
ORGANIC PEROXIDE
172.427
6.1 (inhalation hazard, Zone A or B)
POISON INHALATION HAZARD
172.429
6.1 (other than inhalation hazard, Zone A or B)
POISON
172.430
6.2
INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCE 1
172.432
7 (see § 172.403)
RADIOACTIVE WHITE-I
172.436
7
RADIOACTIVE YELLOW-II
172.438
7
RADIOACTIVE YELLOW-III
172.440
7 (fissile radioactive material; see § 172.402)
FISSILE
172.441
7 (empty packages, see § 173.428 of this subchapter)
EMPTY
172.450
8
CORROSIVE
172.442
9
CLASS 9
172.446
1 The ETIOLOGIC AGENT label specified in regulations of the Department of Health and Human Services at 42 CFR 72.3 may apply to packages of infectious substances.
[Amdt. 172-123, 55 FR 52593, Dec. 21, 1990, as amended at 56 FR 66255, Dec. 20, 1991; Amdt. 172-151, 62 FR 1228, Jan. 8, 1997; 64 FR 10776, Mar. 5, 1999; 64 FR 51918, Sept. 27, 1999; 69 FR 3668, Jan. 26, 2004]