[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: 49CFR172.542]

[Page 407]
 
                        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.  172.542  FLAMMABLE placard.

    (a) Except for size and color, the FLAMMABLE placard must be as 
follows:
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TC02MR91.049

    (b) In addition to complying with Sec.  172.519, the background 
color on the FLAMMABLE placard must be red. The symbol, text, class 
number and inner border must be white.
    (c) The word ``GASOLINE'' may be used in place of the word 
``FLAMMABLE'' on a placard that is displayed on a cargo tank or a 
portable tank being used to transport gasoline by highway. The word 
``GASOLINE'' must be shown in white.

[Amdt. 172-123, 56 FR 66262, Dec. 20, 1991]