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CLASS 1	CLASS 2	CLASS 3	CLASS 4	CLASS 5	CLASS 6	CLASS 7	CLASS 8	CLASS 9	MISCELLANEOUS

PLACARDS	CLASS 1 - EXPLOSIVES
	DIVISIONS 1.1, 1.2 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6
	*Enter Division Number 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3, and compatibility group letter, when required; placard any quantity. For Divisions 1.4, 1.5, and 1.6, enter compatibility group letter, when required; placard 454 kg (1001 lbs) or more.
	§172.522, §172.523, §172.524, §172.525
	LABELS
	*Include compatibility group letter. **Include division number and compatibility group letter. §172.411
	PLACARD ANY AMOUNT
	1.1 EXPLOSIVES, 1.2 EXPLOSIVES, 1.3 EXPLOSIVES
	PLACARD 1000 POUNDS OR MORE
	1.4 EXPLOSIVES, 1.5 EXPLOSIVES, 1.6 EXPLOSIVES
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PLACARDS	CLASS 2 - GASES
	DIVISIONS 2.1, 2.2 2.3
	For NON-FLAMMABLE GAS, OXYGEN (compressed gas or refrigerated liquid), and FLAMMABLE GAS, placard 454 kg (1001 lbs) or more gross weight. For POISON GAS (Division 2.3), placard any quantity.
	§172.528, §172.530, §172.532, §172.540
	LABELS
	§172.415, §172.416, §172.417, §172.405(b)
	PLACARD ANY AMOUNT
	2.3 POISON GAS
	PLACARD 1000 POUNDS OR MORE
	2.1 FLAMMABLE GAS, 2.2 NON-FLAMMABLE GAS
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PLACARDS	CLASS 3 - FLAMMABLE LIQUID AND COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID
	For FLAMMABLE, placard 454 kg (1001 lbs) or more. GASOLINE may be used in place of FLAMMABLE placaard displayed on a cargo tank or protable tank transporting gasoline by highway. Pacard combustible liquid transported in buld. See §172.504(f)(2) for use of FLAMMABLE placard in place of COMBUSTIBLE. FUEL OIL may be used in place of COMBUSTIBLE on a cargo or protable tank transporting fuel oil not classed as a flammable liquid by highway.
	§172.542, §172.544
	LABELS
	§172.419
	PLACARD 1000 POUNDS OR MORE
	3 FLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID
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PLACARDS	CLASS 4 - FLAMMABLE SOLID, SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTIBLE, AND DANGEROUS WHEN WET
	DIVISIONS 4.1, 4.2 4.3
	For FLAMMABLE SOLID and SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTIBLE, placard 454 kg (1001 lbs) or more. For DANGEROUS WHEN WET (Division 4.3), placard any quantity.
	§172.546, §172.547, §172.548
	LABELS
	§172.420, §172.422, §172.423
	PLACARD ANY AMOUNT
	4.3 DANGEROUS WHEN WET
	PLACARD 1000 POUNDS OR MORE
	4.1 FLAMMABLE SOLID, 4.2 SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTIBLE
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PLACARDS	CLASS 5 - OXIDIZER & ORGANIC PEROXIDE
	DIVISIONS 5.1, 5.2
	For OXIDIZER and ORGANIC PEROXIDE (other than TYPE B, temperature controlled), placard 454 kg (1001 lbs) or more. For ORGANIC PEROXIDE (Division 5.2), Type B, temperature controlled, placard any quantity.
	§172.550, §172.552
	LABELS
	§172.426, §172.427
	PLACARD ANY AMOUNT
	5.2 ORGANIC PEROXIDE TYPE B
	PLACARD 1000 POUNDS OR MORE
	5.1 OXIDIZER, 5.2 ORGANIC PEROXIDE (OTHER THAN TYPE B)
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PLACARDS	CLASS 6 - POISON (TOXIC) AND POISON INHALATION HAZARD
	DIVISIONS 6.1, 6.2
	For POISON-INHALATION HAZARD (Division 6.1), Zone A and B inhalation hazard only, placard any quantity. For POISON, (PGI or PGII, other than Zone A or B inhalation hazard only) and KEEP AWAY FROM FOOD (PGIII), placard 454 kg (1001 lbs) or more. For Transition 2003, see §171.14(d)(3).
	§172.504(f)(10), §172.554, §172.555
	PLACARD ANY AMOUNT
	6.1 POISON INHALATION HAZARD (ZONE A & B)
	PLACARD 1000 POUNDS OR MORE
	6.1 POISON (OTHER THAN INHALATION HAZARD)
	LABELS
	Infectious Substance Label not required on an outer packaging, if the OSHA Biohazard Marking (29 CFR 1910.1030(g)) is used. The CDC Etiologic Agent Label must be used as prescribed in 42 CFR 72.3 and 72.6.
	§172.405(c), §172.429, §172.432
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PLACARDS	CLASS 7 - RADIOACTIVE
	Placard any quantity - packages bearing RADIOACTIVE YELLOW - III labels only. Cretain low specific activity radioactive materials in "exclusive use" will not bear the label, but the radioactive placard is required for exclusive use shipments of low specific activity material and surface contaminated objects transported in accordance with §173.427(b)(3) or (c).
	§172.556
	LABELS
	§172.436, §172.438, §172.440, §172.450
	PLACARD ANY AMOUNT
	7 RADIOACTIVE (YELLOW III LABELS ONLY)
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PLACARDS	CLASS 8 - CORROSIVE
	Placard 454 kg (1001 lbs) or more.
	§172.558
	LABELS
	§172.442
	PLACARD 1000 POUNDS OR MORE
	8 CORROSIVE
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PLACARDS	CLASS 9 - MISCELLANEOUS HAZARDOUS MATERIAL
	Not required for domestic transportation. A bulk packaging containing a Class 9 material must be marked with the appropriate ID number displayed on a Class 9 placard, on oragne panel, or a white square-on-point display.
	§172.560
	LABELS
	§172.446
	PLACARD 1000 POUNDS OR MORE
	9 MISCELLANEOUS HAZARDOUS MATERIAL §172.504(f)(9)
	ORM-D NONE REQUIRED ON DOMESTIC SHIPMENTS
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PLACARDS	MORE MISCELLANEOUS HAZARDOUS MATERIAL
	A freight container, unit load device, transport vehicle, or rail car which contains non-bulk packagings with two or more categories of hazardous materials that require different placards specified in Table 2 may be placarded with DANGEROUS placards instead of the specific placards required for each of the materials in Table 2. However, when 1,000 kg (2,205 lbs) or more of one category of material is loaded at one loading facility, the placard specified in Table 2 must be applied.
	§172.521
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