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§ 172.555
(b) In addition to complying with
§ 172.519, the background on the POI-
SON placard must be white. The sym-
bol, text, class number and inner bor-
der must be black. The word ‘‘TOXIC’’
may be used in lieu of the word ‘‘POI-
SON’’.
[Amdt. 172–123, 56 FR 66264, Dec. 20, 1991, as
amended by Amdt. 172–139, 59 FR 67490, Dec.
29, 1994]
§ 172.555
POISON INHALATION HAZ-
ARD placard.
(a) Except for size and color, the POI-
SON INHALATION HAZARD placard
must be as follows:
(b) In addition to complying with
§ 172.519, the background on the POI-
SON INHALATION HAZARD placard
and the symbol must be white. The
background of the upper diamond must
be black and the lower point of the
upper diamond must be 65 mm (2
5
⁄
8
inches) above the horizontal center
line. The text, class number, and inner
border must be black.
[62 FR 39409, July 22, 1997]
§ 172.556
RADIOACTIVE placard.
(a) Except for size and color, the RA-
DIOACTIVE placard must be as fol-
lows:
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§ 172.558
(b) In addition to complying with
§ 172.519, the background color on the
RADIOACTIVE placard must be white
in the lower portion with a yellow tri-
angle in the upper portion. The base of
the yellow triangle must be 29 mm
±
5
mm (1.1 inches
±
0.2 inches) above the
placard horizontal center line. The
symbol, text, class number and inner
border must be black.
[Amdt. 172–123, 56 FR 66264, Dec. 20, 1991;
Amdt. 172–130, 58 FR 51531, Oct. 1, 1993; 65 FR
58627, Sept. 29, 2000]
§ 172.558
CORROSIVE placard.
(a) Except for size and color, the
CORROSIVE placard must be as fol-
lows: