{"operation":"document","citation":"49 CFR 172.200","title":"Applicability.","source_type":"regulation","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"2026-08-18","summary":"(a) Description of hazardous materials required. Except as otherwise provided in this subpart, each person who offers a hazardous material for transportation shall describe the hazardous material on the shipping paper in the manner required by this subpart.\n\n(b) This subpart does not apply to any ma","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-172-200.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-172-200.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-172-200","source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2026-08-18/title-49/section-172.200","body":"(a) Description of hazardous materials required. Except as otherwise provided in this subpart, each person who offers a hazardous material for transportation shall describe the hazardous material on the shipping paper in the manner required by this subpart.\n\n(b) This subpart does not apply to any material, other than a hazardous substance, hazardous waste or marine pollutant, that is—\n\n(1) Identified by the letter “A” in column 1 of the § 172.101 table, except when the material is offered or intended for transportation by air; or\n\n(2) Identified by the letter “W” in column 1 of the § 172.101 table, except when the material is offered or intended for transportation by water; or\n\n(3) A limited quantity package unless the material is offered for transportation by aircraft or vessel.\n\n(4) Category B infectious substances prepared in accordance with § 173.199.\n\n[Amdt. 172-29A, 41 FR 40677, Sept. 20, 1976, as amended by Amdt. 172-58, 45 FR 34697, May 22, 1980; Amdt. 172-74, 47 FR 43065, Sept. 30, 1982; Amdt. 172-112, 53 FR 17160, May 13, 1988; Amdt. 172-127, 57 FR 52938, Nov. 5, 1992; 71 FR 32258, June 2, 2006; 76 FR 3365, Jan. 19, 2011; 78 FR 1112, Jan. 7, 2013; 87 FR 79772, Dec. 27, 2022]","truncated":false,"body_characters":1203}