Code of Federal Regulations

Title 49 - Transportation
Volume: 2Date: 2023-10-01Original Date: 2023-10-01Title: Section 172.521 - DANGEROUS placard.Context: Title 49 - Transportation. Subtitle B - Other Regulations Relating to Transportation. CHAPTER I - PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. SUBCHAPTER C - HAZARDOUS MATERIALS REGULATIONS. PART 172 - HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TABLE, SPECIAL PROVISIONS, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS COMMUNICATIONS, EMERGENCY RESPONSE INFORMATION, TRAINING REQUIREMENTS, AND SECURITY PLANS. Subpart F - Placarding.
§ 172.521 DANGEROUS placard. (a) Except for size and color, the DANGEROUS placard must be as follows: [Please see PDF for image: EC02MR91.039] (b) In addition to meeting the requirements of § 172.519, and appendix B to this part, the DANGEROUS placard must have a red upper and lower triangle. The placard center area and 1/2 -inch (12.7 mm.) border must be white. The inscription must be black with the 1/8 -inch (3.2 mm.) border marker in the white area at each end of the inscription red. [Amdt. 172–29, 41 FR 15996, Apr. 15, 1976, as amended by Amdt. 172–29A, 41 FR 40680, Sept. 20, 1976]