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§ 172.441 

and symbol must be black, except for 
the ‘‘III’’ which must be red. 

[Amdt. 172–123, 56 FR 66259, Dec. 20, 1991] 

§ 172.441

FISSILE label. 

(a) Except for size and color, the 

FISSILE label must be as follows: 

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(b) In addition to complying with 

§ 172.407, the background color on the 
FISSILE label must be white. 

[69 FR 3669, Jan. 26, 2004] 

§ 172.442

CORROSIVE label. 

(a) Except for size and color, the 

CORROSIVE label must be as follows: 

(b) In addition to complying with 

§ 172.407, the background on the COR-
ROSIVE label must be white in the top 
half and black in the lower half. 

[Amdt. 172–123, 56 FR 66259, Dec. 20, 1991] 

§ 172.444

[Reserved] 

§ 172.446

CLASS 9 label. 

(a) Except for size and color, the 

‘‘CLASS 9’’ (miscellaneous hazardous 
materials) label must be as follows: 

(b) In addition to complying with 

§ 172.407, the background on the CLASS 
9 label must be white with seven black 
vertical stripes on the top half. The 
black vertical stripes must be spaced, 
so that, visually, they appear equal in 
width to the six white spaces between 
them. The lower half of the label must 
be white with the class number ‘‘9’’ un-
derlined and centered at the bottom. 

[Amdt. 172–123, 56 FR 66259, Dec. 20, 1991, as 
amended at 74 FR 2252, Jan. 14, 2009; 76 FR 
43528, July 20, 2011; 76 FR 56314, Sept. 13, 2011; 
76 FR 81400, Dec. 28, 2011; 85 FR 83381, Dec. 21, 
2020] 

§ 172.447

LITHIUM BATTERY label. 

(a) Except for size and color, the 

LITHIUM BATTERY label must be as 
follows: