[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: 49CFR172.602]

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                        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 G_Emergency Response Information
 
Sec.  172.602  Emergency response information.

    (a) Information required. For purposes of this subpart, the term 
``emergency response information'' means information that can be used in 
the mitigation of an incident involving hazardous materials and, as a 
minimum, must contain the following information:
    (1) The basic description and technical name of the hazardous 
material as required by Sec.  Sec.  172.202 and 172.203(k), the ICAO 
Technical Instructions, the IMDG Code, or the TDG Regulations, as 
appropriate (IBR, see Sec.  171.7 of this subchapter);
    (2) Immediate hazards to health;
    (3) Risks of fire or explosion;
    (4) Immediate precautions to be taken in the event of an accident or 
incident;
    (5) Immediate methods for handling fires;
    (6) Initial methods for handling spills or leaks in the absence of 
fire; and
    (7) Preliminary first aid measures.
    (b) Form of information. The information required for a hazardous 
material by paragraph (a) of this section must be:
    (1) Printed legibly in English;
    (2) Available for use away from the package containing the hazardous 
material; and
    (3) Presented--
    (i) On a shipping paper;
    (ii) In a document, other than a shipping paper, that includes both 
the basic description and technical name of the hazardous material as 
required by Sec.  Sec.  172.202 and 172.203(k), the ICAO Technical 
Instructions, the IMDG Code, or the TDG Regulations, as appropriate, and 
the emergency response information required by this subpart (e.g., a 
material safety data sheet); or
    (iii) Related to the information on a shipping paper, a written 
notification to pilot-in-command, or a dangerous cargo manifest, in a 
separate document

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(e.g., an emergency response guidance document), in a manner that cross-
references the description of the hazardous material on the shipping 
paper with the emergency response information contained in the document. 
Aboard aircraft, the ICAO ``Emergency Response Guidance for Aircraft 
Incidents Involving Dangerous Goods'' and, aboard vessels, the IMO 
``Emergency Procedures for Ships Carrying Dangerous Goods'', or 
equivalent documents, may be used to satisfy the requirements of this 
section for a separate document.
    (c) Maintenance of information. Emergency response information shall 
be maintained as follows:
    (1) Carriers. Each carrier who transports a hazardous material shall 
maintain the information specified in paragraph (a) of this section and 
Sec.  172.606 of this part in the same manner as prescribed for shipping 
papers, except that the information must be maintained in the same 
manner aboard aircraft as the notification of pilot-in-command, and 
aboard vessels in the same manner as the dangerous cargo manifest. This 
information must be immediately accessible to train crew personnel, 
drivers of motor vehicles, flight crew members, and bridge personnel on 
vessels for use in the event of incidents involving hazardous materials.
    (2) Facility operators. Each operator of a facility where a 
hazardous material is received, stored or handled during transportation, 
shall maintain the information required by paragraph (a) of this section 
whenever the hazardous material is present. This information must be in 
a location that is immediately accessible to facility personnel in the 
event of an incident involving the hazardous material.

[Amdt. 172-116, 54 FR 27146, June 27, 1989; 54 FR 28750, July 5, 1989, 
as amended by Amdt. 172-116, 55 FR 875, Jan. 10, 1990; Amdt. 172-151, 62 
FR 1234, Jan. 8, 1997; 66 FR 45379, Aug. 28, 2001; 68 FR 75741, Dec. 31, 
2003]