[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: 49CFR172.405]

[Page 384]
 
                        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 E_Labeling
 
Sec.  172.405  Authorized label modifications.

    (a) For Classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8, text indicating a hazard 
(for example FLAMMABLE LIQUID) is not required on a primary or 
subsidiary label.
    (b) For a package containing Oxygen, compressed, or Oxygen, 
refrigerated liquid, the OXIDIZER label specified in Sec.  172.426 of 
this subpart, modified to display the word ``OXYGEN'' instead of 
``OXIDIZER'', and the class number ``2'' instead of ``5.1'', may be used 
in place of the NON-FLAMMABLE GAS and OXIDIZER labels. Notwithstanding 
the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section, the word ``OXYGEN'' 
must appear on the label.
    (c) For a package containing a Division 6.1, Packing Group III 
material, the POISON label specified in Sec.  172.430 may be modified to 
display the text ``PG III'' instead of ``POISON'' or ``TOXIC'' below the 
mid line of the label. Also see Sec.  172.313(d).

[Amdt. 172-123, 55 FR 52594, Dec. 21, 1990, as amended at 56 FR 66255, 
Dec. 20, 1991; 57 FR 45458, Oct. 1, 1992; 64 FR 10776, Mar. 5, 1999; 66 
FR 33425, June 21, 2001]