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Placarding is a vital part of the hazardous materials shipping process. <\/span>If you have ever driven down a highway, you have probably noticed trucks, tankers\u00a0or\u00a0freight containers with placards that resemble large hazard labels. These placards are meant to communicate the hazards being transported\u00a0and such information is extremely useful to emergency responders in the event of an incident involving a hazardous material and how they must proceed\u00a0if something happens to the vehicle bearing them. <\/span>Over one million shipments<\/span><\/a> containing hazardous materials are made each day in the United States. Placarding is important for the overwhelming majority of them. Here is some information on the federal regulations and rules regarding placarding requirements.<\/span><\/p>\n Subpart F of Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (49 CFR) outlines the placarding requirements\u00a0<\/span>that hazmat shippers must follow. According to <\/span>Section 172.500<\/span><\/a>, this subpart applies specifically to each person who offers for transportation or transports any hazardous material subject to 49 CFR\u2019s hazardous materials regulations. <\/span>Section 172.506<\/span><\/a> also states that if a vehicle transporting dangerous goods on the road does not have them, <\/span>the offeror is responsible<\/span><\/a> for providing the necessary\u00a0hazmat placards. In most cases, each bulk packaging, freight container, unit load device, transport vehicle, or rail car containing any quantity of a hazardous material must be placarded on each side and each end with the type of placards specified in Placarding Tables 1 and 2 shown in;<\/span><\/p>\n When a transport vehicle or freight container contains less than 454 kg (1001 lbs) aggregate gross weight of hazardous materials covered by Placarding Table 2, placards are not required.<\/p>\n Naturally, exceptions do exist for placarding\u00a0and other\u00a0hazardous material transportation\u00a0requirements. People classify dangerous goods into nine distinct classes (some with further subdivisions) based on the specific hazards they present. Placards must show the class of the goods being transported. Subpart F divides these classes into two tables as noted above. <\/span><\/p>\n Placarding requirements do not apply to:<\/p>\n As part of their job, hazmat employees must know and abide by the specific rules regarding\u00a0the placarding requirements. The information on this part of the process must be included in the mandatory training that each employee receives. Hazmat University online training is no exception to this practice. You can find everything you need to know about the rules regarding placarding in our online training programs for <\/span>shipping by ground<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and <\/span>multimodal shipping<\/span><\/a>. Sign up with us today and you can begin learning immediately.<\/span><\/p>\nWhen Do Placarding Requirements Apply?<\/span><\/h2>\n
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