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Shipping Papers, Markings, and Labels

Shipping Papers, Markings, and Labels covers what has to be on a hazmat shipping paper and on the package itself, drawn from 49 CFR 172.201, 172.202, 172.204, 172.205, 172.301, and 177.817(e)(2)(i).

Practice Shipping Papers, Markings, and Labels

6 Questions

  1. Which four items make up the basic description of a hazardous material on a shipping paper, and how must they be arranged?
  2. One shipping paper covers both a hazardous material and freight that is not regulated. What three ways does the regulation allow for setting the hazardous entries apart?
  3. A shipper's certification normally appears on the shipping paper. For a hazardous material moving by motor vehicle, when is no certification required?
  4. Federal regulation says exactly where a hazardous materials shipping paper is to be stored. Where does it go while you are at the vehicle's controls?
  5. A shipper both marks and labels a hazardous materials package, and the regulations treat those as two separate requirements. On a non-bulk package, what is the marking?
  6. You are hauling hazardous waste under a Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest. What does the regulation require of you and of that document?