# Special placarding provisions: Highway.

**Citation:** 49 CFR 172.507  
**Type / status:** regulation / current  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2026-08-18  
**Published:** Not stated

(a) Each motor vehicle used to transport a package of highway route controlled quantity Class 7 (radioactive) materials (see § 173.403 of this subchapter) must have the required RADIOACTIVE warning placard placed on a square background as described in § 172.527.

(b) A nurse tank, meeting the provis

## Document text

(a) Each motor vehicle used to transport a package of highway route controlled quantity Class 7 (radioactive) materials (see § 173.403 of this subchapter) must have the required RADIOACTIVE warning placard placed on a square background as described in § 172.527.

(b) A nurse tank, meeting the provisions of § 173.315(m) of this subchapter, is not required to be placarded on an end containing valves, fittings, regulators or gauges when those appurtenances prevent the markings and placard from being properly placed and visible.

[Amdt. 172-103, 51 FR 5971, Feb. 18, 1986, as amended by Amdt. 172-143, 60 FR 50305, Sept. 28, 1995]

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2026-08-18/title-49/section-172.507>
- Source ID: `ecfr`
- SHA-256: `c31ec95cb52970fc5bbf3cc1d98e33b54102dea070aa77b93ffb6128834385a6`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T05:45:59.130Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T18:36:59.675Z
- Document slug: `49-cfr-172-507`

### Source metadata

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  "cfrTitle": 49,
  "part": "172",
  "section": "172.507",
  "subpart": "Subpart F—Placarding",
  "corpusVersion": "2026-08-18",
  "jurisdiction": "US"
}
```