[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: 49CFR172.544] [Page 407-408] 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. 172.544 COMBUSTIBLE placard. (a) Except for size and color, the COMBUSTIBLE placard must be as follows: [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TC02MR91.050 (b) In addition to complying with Sec. 172.519, the background color on the COMBUSTIBLE placard must be red. [[Page 408]] The symbol, text, class number and inner border must be white. On a COMBUSTIBLE placard with a white bottom as prescribed by Sec. 172.332(c)(4), the class number must be red or black. (c) The words ``FUEL OIL'' may be used in place of the word ``COMBUSTIBLE'' on a placard that is displayed on a cargo tank or portable tank being used to transport by highway fuel oil that is not classed as a flammable liquid. The words ``FUEL OIL'' must be white. [Amdt. 172-123, 56 FR 66262, Dec. 20, 1991]