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§ 172.448 

(b) In addition to complying with 

§ 172.407, the background on the LITH-
IUM BATTERY 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 sym-
bol (battery group, one broken and 
emitting flame) and class number ‘‘9’’ 

underlined and centered at the bottom 
in black. 

[82 FR 15873, Mar. 30, 2017, as amended at 87 
FR 44991, July 26, 2022] 

§ 172.448

CARGO AIRCRAFT ONLY 

label. 

(a) Except for size and color, the 

CARGO AIRCRAFT ONLY label must 
be as follows: 

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§ 172.500 

(b) The CARGO AIRCRAFT ONLY 

label must be black on an orange back-
ground. 

(c) A CARGO AIRCRAFT ONLY label 

conforming to the specifications in this 
section and in § 172.407(c)(2) in effect on 
October 1, 2008, may be used until Jan-
uary 1, 2013. 

[74 FR 2252, Jan. 14, 2009, as amended at 75 
FR 72, Jan. 4, 2010] 

§ 172.450

EMPTY label. 

(a) Each EMPTY label, except for 

size, must be as follows: 

(1) Each side must be at least 6 

inches (152 mm.) with each letter at 
least 1 inch (25.4 mm.) in height. 

(2) The label must be white with 

black printing. 

(b) [Reserved] 

Subpart F—Placarding 

§ 172.500

Applicability of placarding 

requirements. 

(a) Each person who offers for trans-

portation or transports any hazardous 
material subject to this subchapter 
shall comply with the applicable 
placarding requirements of this sub-
part. 

(b) This subpart does not apply to— 
(1) Infectious substances; 
(2) Hazardous materials authorized 

by this subchapter to be offered for 
transportation as a limited quantity 
when identified as such on a shipping 
paper in accordance with § 172.203(b) or 
when marked as such in accordance 
with § 172.315. 

(3) Hazardous materials prepared in 

accordance with § 173.13 of this sub-
chapter; 

(4) Hazardous materials which are 

packaged as small quantities under the 
provisions of §§ 173.4, 173.4a, 173.4b of 
this subchapter; and