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paper document is produced, the data 
must be presented as required by this 
subpart. 

(ii) The offeror must forward the 

shipping paper (record) for a loaded 
movement to the carrier prior to ship-
ment unless the carrier prepares the 
shipping paper on behalf of the offeror. 
The offeror is only relieved of the duty 
to forward the shipping paper once the 
offeror has received a copy of the ship-
ping paper from the carrier; 

(iii) A carrier that generates a res-

idue shipping paper using information 
from the previous loaded movement of 
a hazardous materials packaging must 
ensure the description of the hazardous 
material that accompanies the ship-
ment complies with the offeror’s re-
quest; and 

(iv) 

Verification. 

The carrier and the 

offeror must have a procedure by which 
the offeror can verify accuracy of the 
transmitted hazard communication in-
formation that will accompany the 
shipment. 

(b) [Reserved] 
(c) 

Continuation page. 

A shipping 

paper may consist of more than one 
page, if each page is consecutively 
numbered and the first page bears a no-
tation specifying the total number of 
pages included in the shipping paper. 
For example, ‘‘Page 1 of 4 pages.’’ 

(d) 

Emergency response telephone num-

ber. 

Except as provided in § 172.604(d), a 

shipping paper must contain an emer-
gency response telephone number and, 
if utilizing an emergency response in-
formation telephone number service 
provider, identify the person (by name 
or contract number) who has a contrac-
tual agreement with the service pro-
vider, as prescribed in subpart G of this 
part. 

(e) 

Retention and Recordkeeping. 

Each 

person who provides a shipping paper 
must retain a copy of the shipping 
paper required by § 172.200(a), or an 
electronic image thereof, that is acces-
sible at or through its principal place 
of business and must make the ship-
ping paper available, upon request, to 
an authorized official of a Federal, 
State, or local government agency at 
reasonable times and locations. For a 
hazardous waste, the shipping paper 
copy must be retained for three years 
after the material is accepted by the 

initial carrier. For all other hazardous 
materials, the shipping paper must be 
retained for two years after the mate-
rial is accepted by the initial carrier. 
Each shipping paper copy must include 
the date of acceptance by the initial 
carrier, except that, for rail, vessel, or 
air shipments, the date on the ship-
ment waybill, airbill, or bill of lading 
may be used in place of the date of ac-
ceptance by the initial carrier. A 
motor carrier (as defined in § 390.5 of 
subchapter B of chapter III of subtitle 
B) using a shipping paper without 
change for multiple shipments of one 
or more hazardous materials having 
the same shipping name and identifica-
tion number may retain a single copy 
of the shipping paper, instead of a copy 
for each shipment made, if the carrier 
also retains a record of each shipment 
made, to include shipping name, identi-
fication number, quantity transported, 
and date of shipment. 

[Amdt. 172–29A, 41 FR 40677, Sept. 20, 1976] 

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§ 172.202

Description of hazardous ma-

terial on shipping papers. 

(a) The shipping description of a haz-

ardous material on the shipping paper 
must include: 

(1) The identification number pre-

scribed for the material as shown in 
Column (4) of the § 172.101 table; 

(2) The proper shipping name pre-

scribed for the material in Column (2) 
of the § 172.101 table; 

(3) The hazard class or division num-

ber prescribed for the material, as 
shown in Column (3) of the § 172.101 
table. The subsidiary hazard class or 
division number is not required to be 
entered when a corresponding sub-
sidiary hazard label is not required. Ex-
cept for combustible liquids, the sub-
sidiary hazard class(es) or subsidiary 
division number(s) must be entered in 
parentheses immediately following the 
primary hazard class or division num-
ber. In addition— 

(i) The words ‘‘Class’’ or ‘‘Division’’ 

may be included preceding the primary 
and subsidiary hazard class or division 
numbers. 

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(ii) The hazard class need not be in-

cluded for the entry ‘‘Combustible liq-
uid, n.o.s.’’ 

(iii) For domestic shipments, pri-

mary and subsidiary hazard class or di-
vision names may be entered following 
the numerical hazard class or division, 
or following the basic description. 

(4) The packing group in Roman nu-

merals, as designated for the hazardous 
material in Column (5) of the § 172.101 
table. Class 1 (explosives) materials; 
self-reactive substances; Division 5.2 
materials; and entries that are not as-
signed a packing group (

e.g., 

Class 7) 

are excepted from this requirement. 
The packing group may be preceded by 
the letters ‘‘PG’’ (for example, ‘‘PG 
II’’); and 

(5) Except for transportation by air-

craft, the total quantity of hazardous 
materials covered by the description 
must be indicated (by mass or volume, 
or by activity for Class 7 materials) 
and must include an indication of the 
applicable unit of measurement, for ex-
ample, ‘‘200 kg’’ (440 pounds) or ‘‘50 L’’ 
(13 gallons). The following provisions 
also apply: 

(i) For Class 1 materials, the quan-

tity must be the net explosive mass. 
For an explosive that is an article, 
such as Cartridges, small arms, the net 
explosive mass may be expressed in 
terms of the net mass of either the ar-
ticle or the explosive materials con-
tained in the article. 

(ii) For hazardous materials in sal-

vage packaging, an estimate of the 
total quantity is acceptable. 

(iii) The following are excepted from 

the requirements of paragraph (a)(5) of 
this section: 

(A) Bulk packages, provided some in-

dication of the total quantity is shown, 
for example, ‘‘1 cargo tank’’ or ‘‘2 
IBCs.’’ 

(B) Cylinders, provided some indica-

tion of the total quantity is shown, for 
example, ‘‘10 cylinders.’’ 

(C) Packages containing only residue. 
(6) For transportation by aircraft, 

the total net mass per package, must 
be shown unless a gross mass is indi-
cated in Columns (9A) or (9B) of the 
§ 172.101 table in which case the total 
gross mass per package must be shown; 
or, for Class 7 materials, the quantity 
of radioactive material must be shown 

by activity. The following provisions 
also apply: 

(i) For empty uncleaned packaging, 

only the number and type of packaging 
must be shown; 

(ii) For chemical kits and first aid 

kits, the total net mass of hazardous 
materials must be shown. Where the 
kits contain only liquids, or solids and 
liquids, the net mass of liquids within 
the kits is to be calculated on a 1 to 1 
basis, i.e., 1 L (0.3 gallons) equals 1 kg 
(2.2 pounds); 

(iii) For dangerous goods in machin-

ery or apparatus, the individual total 
quantities or an estimate of the indi-
vidual total quantities of dangerous 
goods in solid, liquid or gaseous state, 
contained in the article must be shown; 

(iv) For dangerous goods transported 

in a salvage packaging, an estimate of 
the quantity of dangerous goods per 
package must be shown; 

(v) For cylinders, total quantity may 

be indicated by the number of cyl-
inders, for example, ‘‘10 cylinders;’’ 

(vi) For items where ‘‘No Limit’’ is 

shown in Column (9A) or (9B) of the 
§ 172.101 table, the quantity shown must 
be the net mass or volume of the mate-
rial. For articles (

e.g.

, UN2800 and 

UN3166) the quantity must be the gross 
mass, followed by the letter ‘‘G’’; and 

(vii) For hazardous materials in lim-

ited quantities, the total net quantity 
per package must be shown unless a 
gross mass is indicated in Column 4 of 
§ 173.27 Table 3, in which case the total 
gross mass per package must be shown. 
Where different hazardous materials in 
limited quantities are packed together 
in the same outer packaging, when a 
gross mass is indicated Column 4 of 
§ 173.27 Table 3, the net quantity of 
each hazardous material must be 
shown in addition to the gross mass of 
the completed package. 

(viii) For authorized consumer com-

modities, the information provided 
may be either the gross mass of each 
package or the average gross mass of 
the packages. 

(7) The number and type of packages 

must be indicated. The type of pack-
ages must be indicated by description 
of the package (for example, ‘‘12 
drums’’). Indication of the packaging 
specification number (‘‘1H1’’) may be 

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included in the description of the pack-
age (for example, ‘‘12 1H1 drums’’ or ‘‘12 
drums (UN 1A1)’’). Abbreviations may 
be used for indicating packaging types 
(for example, ‘‘cyl.’’ for ‘‘cylinder’’) 
provided the abbreviations are com-
monly accepted and recognizable. 

(b) Except as provided in this sub-

part, the basic description specified in 
paragraphs (a)(1), (2), (3), and (4) of this 
section must be shown in sequence 
with no additional information inter-
spersed. For example, ‘‘UN2744, 
Cyclobutyl chloroformate, 6.1, (8, 3), 
PG II.’’ Shipping descriptions for haz-
ardous materials offered or intended 
for transportation by rail that contain 
all the information required in this 
subpart and that are formatted and or-
dered in accordance with recognized 
electronic data interchange standards 
and, to the extent possible, in the order 
and manner required by this subpart 
are deemed to comply with this para-
graph. 

(c)(1) The total quantity of the mate-

rial covered by one description must 
appear before or after, or both before 
and after, the description required and 
authorized by this subpart. The type of 
packaging and destination marks may 
be entered in any appropriate manner 
before or after the basic description. 
Abbreviations may be used to express 
units of measurement and types of 
packagings. 

(2) Hazardous materials and haz-

ardous substances transported by high-
way considered ‘‘household wastes’’ as 
defined in 40 CFR 261.4, and not subject 
to the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy’s hazardous waste regulations in 40 
CFR parts 262 and 263, are excepted 
from the requirements of this para-
graph. 

(d) Technical and chemical group 

names may be entered in parentheses 
between the proper shipping name and 
hazard class or following the basic de-
scription. An appropriate modifier, 
such as ‘‘contains’’ or ‘‘containing,’’ 
and/or the percentage of the technical 
constituent may also be used. For ex-
ample: ‘‘UN 1993, Flammable liquids, 
n.o.s. (contains Xylene and Benzene), 3, 
II’’. 

(e) Except for those materials in the 

UN Recommendations, the ICAO Tech-
nical Instructions, or the IMDG Code 

(IBR, see § 171.7 of this subchapter), a 
material that is not a hazardous mate-
rial according to this subchapter may 
not be offered for transportation or 
transported when its description on a 
shipping paper includes a hazard class 
or an identification number specified 
in the § 172.101 Table. 

[Amdt. 172–101, 45 FR 74665, Nov. 10, 1980] 

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§ 172.203

Additional description re-

quirements. 

(a) 

Special permits. 

Except as provided 

in § 173.23 of this subchapter, each ship-
ping paper issued in connection with a 
shipment made under a special permit 
must bear the notation ‘‘DOT–SP’’ fol-
lowed by the special permit number as-
signed and located so that the notation 
is clearly associated with the descrip-
tion to which the special permit ap-
plies. Each shipping paper issued in 
connection with a shipment made 
under an exemption or special permit 
issued prior to October 1, 2007, may 
bear the notation ‘‘DOT–E’’ followed by 
the number assigned and so located 
that the notation is clearly associated 
with the description to which it ap-
plies. 

(b) 

Limited quantities. 

When a ship-

ping paper is required by this sub-
chapter, the description for a material 
offered for transportation as ‘‘limited 
quantity,’’ as authorized by this sub-
chapter, must include the words ‘‘Lim-
ited Quantity’’ or ‘‘Ltd Qty’’ following 
the basic description. 

(c) 

Hazardous substances. 

(1) Except 

for Class 7 (radioactive) materials de-
scribed in accordance with paragraph 
(d) of this section, if the proper ship-
ping name for a material that is a haz-
ardous substance does not identify the 
hazardous substance by name, the 
name of the hazardous substance must 
be entered in parentheses in associa-
tion with the basic description. If the 
material contains two or more haz-
ardous substances, at least two haz-
ardous substances, including the two 
with the lowest reportable quantities 
(RQs), must be identified. For a haz-
ardous waste, the waste code (e.g.,