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§ 172.403
(d)
Class 7 (Radioactive) Materials.
Ex-
cept as otherwise provided in this para-
graph, each package containing a Class
7 material that also meets the defini-
tion of one or more additional hazard
classes must be labeled as a Class 7 ma-
terial as required by § 172.403 and for
each additional hazard.
(1) A subsidiary label is not required
for a package containing material that
satisfies all of the criteria in § 173.4,
§ 173.4a, or § 173.4b applicable to the sub-
sidiary hazard class.
(2) Each package or overpack con-
taining fissile material, other than
fissile-excepted material (see § 173.453
of this subchapter) must bear two
FISSILE labels, affixed to opposite
sides of the package or overpack, which
conforms to the figure shown in
§ 172.441; such labels, where applicable,
must be affixed adjacent to the labels
for radioactive materials.
(e)
Class 1 (explosive) Materials.
In ad-
dition to the label specified in column
6 of the § 172.101 table, each package of
Class 1 material that also meets the
definition for:
(1) Division 6.1, Packing Groups I or
II, shall be labeled POISON or POISON
INHALATION HAZARD, as appro-
priate.
(2) Class 7, shall be labeled in accord-
ance with § 172.403 of this subpart.
(f)
Division 2.2 materials.
In addition
to the label specified in column 6 of the
§ 172.101 table, each package of Division
2.2 material that also meets the defini-
tion for an oxidizing gas (see § 171.8 of
this subchapter) must be labeled OXI-
DIZER.
(g)
Division 2.3 materials.
In addition
to the label specified in column 6 of the
§ 172.101 table, each package of Division
2.3 material that also meets the defini-
tion for:
(1) Division 2.1, must be labeled
Flammable Gas;
(2) Division 5.1, must be labeled Oxi-
dizer; and
(3) Class 8, must be labeled Corrosive.
[Amdt. 172–123, 55 FR 52594, Dec. 21, 1990, as
amended at 56 FR 66255, Dec. 20, 1991; Amdt.
172–139, 59 FR 67490, Dec. 29, 1994; Amdt. 172–
140, 60 FR 26805, May 18, 1995; Amdt. 172–149,
61 FR 27173, May 30, 1996; 62 FR 39405, July 22,
1997; 66 FR 33425, June 21, 2001; 69 FR 3668,
Jan. 26, 2004; 74 FR 2252, Jan. 14, 2009; 76 FR
56314, Sept. 13, 2011; 79 FR 40609, July 11, 2014]
§ 172.403
Class 7 (radioactive) mate-
rial.
(a) Unless excepted from labeling by
§§ 173.421 through 173.427 of this sub-
chapter, each package of radioactive
material must be labeled as provided in
this section.
(b) The proper label to affix to a
package of Class 7 (radioactive) mate-
rial is based on the radiation level at
the surface of the package and the
transport index. The proper category of
label must be determined in accord-
ance with paragraph (c) of this section.
The label to be applied must be the
highest category required for any of
the two determining conditions for the
package. RADIOACTIVE WHITE-I is
the lowest category and RADIO-
ACTIVE YELLOW-III is the highest.
For example, a package with a trans-
port index of 0.8 and a maximum sur-
face radiation level of 0.6 millisievert
(60 millirems) per hour must bear a
RADIOACTIVE YELLOW-III label.
(c) Category of label to be applied to
Class 7 (radioactive) materials pack-
ages:
Transport index
Maximum radiation level at any point
on the external surface
Label category
1
0
2
....................................................................
Less than or equal to 0.005 mSv/h (0.5
mrem/h).
WHITE-I.
More than 0 but not more than 1 ..................
Greater than 0.005 mSv/h (0.5 mrem/h)
but less than or equal to 0.5 mSv/h
(50 mrem/h).
YELLOW-II.
More than 1 but not more than 10 ................
Greater than 0.5 mSv/h (50 mrem/h)
but less than or equal to 2 mSv/h
(200 mrem/h).
YELLOW-III.
More than 10 ..................................................
Greater than 2 mSv/h (200 mrem/h)
but less than or equal to 10 mSv/h
(1,000 mrem/h).
YELLOW-III (Must be shipped under
exclusive use provisions; see
173.441(b) of this subchapter).
1
Any package containing a ‘‘highway route controlled quantity’’ (§ 173.403 of this subchapter) must be labelled as RADIO-
ACTIVE YELLOW-III.
2
If the measured TI is not greater than 0.05, the value may be considered to be zero.
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§ 172.403
(d)
EMPTY label.
See § 173.428(e) of
this subchapter for EMPTY labeling re-
quirements.
(e)
FISSILE label.
For packages re-
quired in § 172.402 to bear a FISSILE
label, each such label must be com-
pleted with the criticality safety index
(CSI) assigned in the NRC or DOE
package design approval, or in the cer-
tificate of approval for special arrange-
ment or the certificate of approval for
the package design issued by the Com-
petent Authority for import and export
shipments. For overpacks and freight
containers required in § 172.402 to bear
a FISSILE label, the CSI on the label
must be the sum of the CSIs for all of
the packages contained in the over-
pack or freight container.
(f) Each package required by this sec-
tion to be labeled with a RADIO-
ACTIVE label must have two of these
labels, affixed to opposite sides of the
package. (See § 172.406(e)(3) for freight
container label requirements).
(g) The following applicable items of
information must be entered in the
blank spaces on the RADIOACTIVE
label by legible printing (manual or
mechanical), using a durable weather
resistant means of marking:
(1)
Contents.
Except for LSA-1 mate-
rial, the names of the radionuclides as
taken from the listing of radionuclides
in § 173.435 of this subchapter (symbols
which conform to established radiation
protection terminology are authorized,
i.e.
,
99
Mo,
60
Co, etc.). For mixtures of
radionuclides, with consideration of
space available on the label, the radio-
nuclides that must be shown must be
determined in accordance with
§ 173.433(g) of this subchapter. For LSA-
I material, the term ‘‘LSA-I’’ may be
used in place of the names of the radio-
nuclides.
(2)
Activity.
The maximum activity of
the radioactive contents in the pack-
age during transport must be expressed
in appropriate SI units (
e.g.,
Becquerels
(Bq), Terabecquerels (TBq)). The activ-
ity may also be stated in appropriate
customary units (
e.g.,
Curies (Ci),
milliCuries (mCi), microCuries (uCi))
in parentheses following the SI units.
Abbreviations are authorized. Except
for plutonium-239 and plutonium-241,
the weight in grams or kilograms of
fissile radionuclides (or the mass of
each fissile nuclide for mixtures when
appropriate) may be inserted instead of
activity units. For plutonium-239 and
plutonium-241, the weight in grams of
fissile radionuclides (or the mass of
each fissile nuclide for mixtures when
appropriate) may be inserted in addi-
tion to the activity units.
(3)
Transport index.
(see § 173.403 of
this subchapter.)
(h) When one or more packages of
Class 7 (radioactive) material are
placed within an overpack, the over-
pack must be labeled as prescribed in
this section, except as follows:
(1) The ‘‘contents’’ entry on the label
may state ‘‘mixed’’ in place of the
names of the radionuclides unless each
inside package contains the same
radionuclide(s).
(2) The ‘‘activity’’ entry on the label
must be determined by adding together
the number of becquerels of the Class 7
(radioactive) materials packages con-
tained therein.
(3) For an overpack, the transport
index (TI) must be determined by add-
ing together the transport indices of
the Class 7 (radioactive) materials
packages contained therein, except
that for a rigid overpack, the transport
index (TI) may alternatively be deter-
mined by direct measurement as pre-
scribed in § 173.403 of this subchapter
under the definition for ‘‘transport
index,’’ taken by the person initially
offering the packages contained within
the overpack for shipment.
(4) The category of Class 7 label for
the overpack must be determined from
the table in § 172.403(c) using the TI de-
rived according to paragraph (h)(3) of
this section, and the maximum radi-
ation level on the surface of the over-
pack.
(5) The category of the Class 7 label
of the overpack, and not that of any of
the packages contained therein, must
be used in accordance with Table 1 of
§ 172.504(e) to determine when the
transport vehicle must be placarded.
(6) For fissile material, the criti-
cality safety index which must be en-
tered on the overpack FISSILE label is
the sum of the criticality safety indi-
ces of the individual packages in the
overpack, as stated in the certificate of
approval for the package design issued
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§ 172.404
by the NRC or the U.S. Competent Au-
thority.
[Amdt. 172–29, 41 FR 15996, Apr. 15, 1976]
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DITORIAL
N
OTE
: For F
EDERAL
R
EGISTER
ci-
tations affecting § 172.403, see the List of CFR
Sections Affected, which appears in the
Finding Aids section of the printed volume
and at
www.govinfo.gov.
§ 172.404
Labels for mixed and consoli-
dated packaging.
(a)
Mixed packaging.
When compatible
hazardous materials having different
hazard classes are packed within the
same packaging, or within the same
outside container or overpack as de-
scribed in § 173.25, the packaging, out-
side container or overpack must be la-
beled as required for each class of haz-
ardous material contained therein.
(b)
Consolidated packaging.
When two
or more packages containing compat-
ible hazardous materials are placed
within the same outside container or
overpack, the outside container or
overpack must be labeled as required
for each class of hazardous material
contained therein, unless labels rep-
resentative of each hazardous material
in the outside container or overpack
are visible.
(c)
Consolidation bins used by a single
motor carrier.
Notwithstanding the pro-
visions of paragraph (b) of this section,
labeling of a consolidation bin is not
required under the following condi-
tions:
(1) The consolidation bin must be re-
usable, made of materials such as plas-
tic, wood, or metal and must have a ca-
pacity of 64 cubic feet or less;
(2) Hazardous material packages
placed in the consolidation bin must be
properly labeled in accordance with
this subpart;
(3) Packages must be compatible as
specified in § 177.848 of this subchapter;
(4) Packages may only be placed
within the consolidation bin and the
bin be loaded on a motor vehicle by an
employee of a single motor carrier;
(5) Packages must be secured within
the consolidation bin by other pack-
ages or by other suitable means in such
a manner as to prevent shifting of, or
significant relative motion between,
the packages that would likely com-
promise the integrity of any package;
(6) The consolidation bin must be
clearly and legibly marked on a tag or
fixed display device with an indication
of each hazard class or division con-
tained within the bin;
(7) The consolidation bin must be
properly blocked and braced within the
transport vehicle; and
(8) Consolidation bins may only be
transported by a single motor carrier,
or on railcars transporting such vehi-
cles.
[76 FR 43527, July 20, 2011]
§ 172.405
Authorized label modifica-
tions.
(a) For Classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8,
text indicating a hazard (for example
FLAMMABLE LIQUID) is not required
on a primary or subsidiary label.
(b) For a package containing Oxygen,
compressed, or Oxygen, refrigerated
liquid, the OXIDIZER label specified in
§ 172.426 of this subpart, modified to dis-
play the word ‘‘OXYGEN’’ instead of
‘‘OXIDIZER’’, and the class number
‘‘2’’ instead of ‘‘5.1’’, may be used in
place of the NON-FLAMMABLE GAS
and OXIDIZER labels. Notwithstanding
the provisions of paragraph (a) of this
section, the word ‘‘OXYGEN’’ must ap-
pear on the label.
(c) For a package containing a Divi-
sion 6.1, Packing Group III material,
the POISON label specified in § 172.430
may be modified to display the text
‘‘PG III’’ instead of ‘‘POISON’’ or
‘‘TOXIC’’ below the mid line of the
label. Also see § 172.313(d).
[Amdt. 172–123, 55 FR 52594, Dec. 21, 1990, as
amended at 56 FR 66255, Dec. 20, 1991; 57 FR
45458, Oct. 1, 1992; 64 FR 10776, Mar. 5, 1999; 66
FR 33425, June 21, 2001]
§ 172.406
Placement of labels.
(a)
General.
(1) Except as provided in
paragraphs (b) and (e) of this section,
each label required by this subpart
must—
(i) Be printed on or affixed to a sur-
face (other than the bottom) of the
package or containment device con-
taining the hazardous material;
(ii) Be located on the same surface of
the package and near the proper ship-
ping name marking, if the package di-
mensions are adequate; and
(iii) For transportation by aircraft,
the entire label(s) must appear on one