§ 172.300 Applicability.
Current through Sep 25, 2026 · Read all of Part 172
(a) Each person who offers a hazardous material for transportation shall mark each package, freight container, and transport vehicle containing the hazardous material in the manner required by this subpart.
(b) When assigned the function by this subpart, each carrier that transports a hazardous material shall mark each package, freight container, and transport vehicle containing the hazardous material in the manner required by this subpart.
(c) Unless otherwise provided in a specific rule, stocks of preprinted packagings marked in accordance with this subpart prior to the effective date of a final rule may be continued in use, in the manner previously authorized, until depleted or for a one-year period subsequent to the compliance date of the marking amendment, whichever is less.
[Amdt. 172-101, 45 FR 74666, Nov. 10, 1980, as amended at 76 FR 3365, Jan. 19, 2011]
Interpretation letters (8)
- Marking of portable tanks — PHMSA, May 6, 2020
- Classification of Residue and Applicability of the HMR to a On-Site Vendor — PHMSA, May 19, 2016
- Authorization to Use Transitional Marking Provisions for Packages of Limited Quantities — PHMSA, Dec 22, 2011
- Requirements under the HMR to Ship and Transport Gasoline, UN1203 — PHMSA, Oct 20, 2010
- Shipment of Motor Oil by Common Carrier — PHMSA, May 3, 1993
- Propylene Fuel Totes Domestic and Export Shipments — PHMSA, Mar 30, 1983
- Display of Identification Numbers on Bulk Tanks — PHMSA, Mar 1, 1982
- Multiple part hazardous materials shipping label — PHMSA, May 26, 1978