[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: 49CFR172.514]

[Page 402]
 
                        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 F_Placarding
 
Sec.  172.514  Bulk packagings.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, each person 
who offers for transportation a bulk packaging which contains a 
hazardous material, shall affix the placards specified for the material 
in Sec.  Sec.  172.504 and 172.505.
    (b) Each bulk packaging that is required to be placarded when it 
contains a hazardous material, must remain placarded when it is emptied, 
unless it--
    (1) Is sufficiently cleaned of residue and purged of vapors to 
remove any potential hazard;
    (2) Is refilled, with a material requiring different placards or no 
placards, to such an extent that any residue remaining in the packaging 
is no longer hazardous; or
    (3) Contains the residue of a hazardous substance in Class 9 in a 
quantity less than the reportable quantity, and conforms to Sec.  
173.29(b)(1) of this subchapter.
    (c) Exceptions. The following packagings may be placarded on only 
two opposite sides or, alternatively, may be labeled instead of 
placarded in accordance with subpart E of this part:
    (1) A portable tank having a capacity of less than 3,785 L (1000 
gallons);
    (2) A DOT 106 or 110 multi-unit tank car tank;
    (3) A bulk packaging other than a portable tank, cargo tank, or tank 
car (e.g., a bulk bag or box) with a volumetric capacity of less than 18 
m\3\ (640 cubic feet); and
    (4) An IBC.

[Amdt. 172-136, 59 FR 38064, July 26, 1994; Amdt. 172-148, 61 FR 50255, 
Sept. 25, 1996, as amended by 66 FR 45379, Aug. 28, 2001; 69 FR 64473, 
Nov. 4, 2004]