[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR172.200]

[Page 354]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
   CHAPTER I--PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, 
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 172_HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TABLE, SPECIAL PROVISIONS, HAZARDOUS 
MATERIALS COMMUNICATIONS, EMERGENCY RESPONSE INFORMATION, AND 
 
                        Subpart C_Shipping Papers
 
Sec.  172.200  Applicability.


    (a) Description of hazardous materials required. Except as otherwise 
provided in this subpart, each person who offers a hazardous material 
for transportation shall describe the hazardous material on the shipping 
paper in the manner required by this subpart.
    (b) This subpart does not apply to any material, other than a 
hazardous substance, hazardous waste or marine pollutant, that is--
    (1) Identified by the letter ``A'' in column 1 of the Sec.  172.101 
table, except when the material is offered or intended for 
transportation by air; or
    (2) Identified by the letter ``W'' in column 1 of the Sec.  172.101 
table, except when the material is offered or intended for 
transportation by water; or
    (3) An ORM-D, except when the material is offered or intended for 
transportation by air.
    (4) Category B infectious substances prepared in accordance with 
Sec.  173.199.

[Amdt. 172-29A, 41 FR 40677, Sept. 20, 1976, as amended by Amdt. 172-58, 
45 FR 34697, May 22, 1980; Amdt. 172-74, 47 FR 43065, Sept. 30, 1982; 
Amdt. 172-112, 53 FR 17160, May 13, 1988; Amdt. 172-127, 57 FR 52938, 
Nov. 5, 1992; 71 FR 32258, June 2, 2006]