[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.

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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]