The exceptions provided in paragraph (c) of this section do not prohibit the display of placards in the manner prescribed in this subpart, if not otherwise prohibited (see §172.502), on transport vehicles or freight containers which are not required to be placarded.
Table 1 to Paragraph (e)
Category of material (Hazard class or division number and additional description, as appropriate) | Placard name | Placard design section reference (§) |
1.1 | EXPLOSIVES 1.1 | 172.522 |
1.2 | EXPLOSIVES 1.2 | 172.522 |
1.3 | EXPLOSIVES 1.3 | 172.522 |
2.3 | POISON GAS | 172.540 |
4.3 | DANGEROUS WHEN WET | 172.548 |
5.2 (Organic peroxide, Type B, liquid or solid, temperature controlled) | ORGANIC PEROXIDE | 172.552 |
6.1 (material poisonous by inhalation (see §171.8 of this subchapter)) | POISON INHALATION HAZARD | 172.555 |
7 (Radioactive Yellow III label only) | RADIOACTIVE1 | 172.556 |
1RADIOACTIVE placards are also required for: All shipments of unpackaged LSA-I material or SCO-I; all shipments required by §§173.427, 173.441 , and 173.457 of this subchapter to be operated under exclusive use; and all closed vehicles used in accordance with §173.443(d).
Table 2 to Paragraph (e)
Category of material (hazard class or division number and additional description, as appropriate) | Placard name | Placard design section reference (§ ) |
1.4 | EXPLOSIVES 1.4 | 172.523 |
1.5 | EXPLOSIVES 1.5 | 172.524 |
1.6 | EXPLOSIVES 1.6 | 172.525 |
2.1 | FLAMMABLE GAS | 172.532 |
2.2 | NON-FLAMMABLE GAS | 172.528 |
3 | FLAMMABLE | 172.542 |
Combustible liquid | COMBUSTIBLE | 172.544 |
4.1 | FLAMMABLE SOLID | 172.546 |
4.2 | SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTIBLE | 172.547 |
5.1 | OXIDIZER | 172.550 |
5.2 (Other than organic peroxide, Type B, liquid or solid, temperature controlled) | ORGANIC PEROXIDE | 172.552 |
6.1 (other than material poisonous by inhalation) | POISON | 172.554 |
6.2 | NONE | |
8 | CORROSIVE | 172.558 |
9 | CLASS 9 (see § 172.504(f)(9) ) | 172.560 |
49 C.F.R. §172.504
For Federal Register citations affecting §172.504, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.fdsys.gov.