[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]