[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: 49CFR172.310]

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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 D_Marking
 
Sec.  172.310  Class 7 (radioactive) materials.

    In addition to any other markings required by this subpart, each 
package containing Class 7 (radioactive) materials must be marked as 
follows:
    (a) Each package with a gross mass greater than 50 kg (110 lb) must 
have its gross mass including the unit of measurement (which may be 
abbreviated) marked on the outside of the package.
    (b) Each industrial, Type A, Type B(U), or Type B(M) package must be 
legibly and durably marked on the outside of the packaging, in letters 
at least 13 mm (0.5 in) high, with the words ``TYPE IP-1,'' ``TYPE IP-
2,'' ``TYPE IP-3,'' ``TYPE A,'' ``TYPE B(U)'' or ``TYPE B(M),'' as 
appropriate. A package which does not conform to Type IP-1, Type IP-2, 
Type IP-3, Type A, Type B(U) or Type B(M) requirements may not be so 
marked.
    (c) Each package which conforms to an IP-1, IP-2, IP-3 or a Type A 
package design must be legibly and durably marked on the outside of the 
packaging with the international vehicle registration code of the 
country of origin of the design. The international vehicle registration 
code for packages designed by a United States company or agency is the 
symbol ``USA.''
    (d) Each package which conforms to a Type B(U) or Type B(M) package 
design must have the outside of the outermost receptacle, which is 
resistant to the effects of fire and water, plainly marked by embossing, 
stamping or other means resistant to the effects of fire and water with 
a radiation symbol

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that conforms to the requirements of Appendix B of this part.
    (e) Each Type B(U), Type B(M) or fissile material package destined 
for export shipment must also be marked ``USA'' in conjunction with the 
specification marking, or other package certificate identification. (See 
Sec.  Sec.  173.471, 173.472, and 173.473 of this subchapter.)

[Docket No. RSPA-99-6283 (HM-230), 69 FR 3668, Jan. 26, 2004]