[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: 49CFR172.547]

[Page 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.  172.547  SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTIBLE placard.

    (a) Except for size and color, the SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTIBLE placard 
must be as follows:
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TC02MR91.052

    (b) In addition to complying with Sec.  172.519, the background 
color on the SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTIBLE placard must be red in the lower 
half and white in upper half. The letters in the word ``SPONTANEOUSLY'' 
must be at least 12 mm (0.5 inch) high. The symbol, text, class number 
and inner border must be black.

[Amdt. 172-123, 56 FR 66263, Dec. 20, 1991, as amended by Amdt. 172-139, 
59 FR 67490, Dec. 29, 1994]