---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 262.32"
title: "40"
number: "262.32"
heading: "Marking."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/262.32"
---

# §262.32. Marking.

- (a) Before transporting or offering hazardous waste for transportation off-site, a generator must mark each package of hazardous waste in accordance with the applicable Department of Transportation regulations on hazardous materials under [49 CFR part 172](/cfr/49/part172.md);
- (b) Before transporting hazardous waste or offering hazardous waste for transportation off site, a generator must mark each container of 119 gallons or less used in such transportation with the following words and information in accordance with the requirements of [49 CFR 172.304](/cfr/49/172.304.md):
  - (1) **HAZARDOUS WASTE—** Federal Law Prohibits Improper Disposal. If found, contact the nearest police or public safety authority or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
  - (2) **Generator's Name and Address ________.**
  - (3) **Generator's EPA Identification Number ________.**
  - (4) **Manifest Tracking Number ________.**
  - (5) **EPA Hazardous Waste Number(s) ________.**
- (c) A generator may use a nationally recognized electronic system, such as bar coding, to identify the EPA Hazardous Waste Number(s), as required by [paragraph (b)(5)](#b-5) or [paragraph (d)](#d).
- (d) Lab packs that will be incinerated in compliance with [§ 268.42(c)](/cfr/40/268.42.md?p=c) are not required to be marked with EPA Hazardous Waste Number(s), except D004, D005, D006, D007, D008, D010, and D011, where applicable.

## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 33142, May 19, 1980, as amended at 70 FR 10817, Mar. 4, 2005; 81 FR 85818, Nov. 28, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6906, 6912, 6922-6925, 6937, 6938 and 6939g.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 33142, May 19, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[45 FR 33142, May 19, 1980, as amended at 70 FR 10817, Mar. 4, 2005; 81 FR 85818, Nov. 28, 2016]