---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 172.200"
title: "49"
number: "172.200"
heading: "Applicability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/172.200"
---

# §172.200. Applicability.

- (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.
- (b) This subpart does not apply to any material, other than a hazardous substance, hazardous waste or marine pollutant, that is—
  - (1) Identified by the letter “A” in column 1 of the [§ 172.101](/cfr/49/172.101.md) table, except when the material is offered or intended for transportation by air; or
  - (2) Identified by the letter “W” in column 1 of the [§ 172.101](/cfr/49/172.101.md) table, except when the material is offered or intended for transportation by water; or
  - (3) **A limited quantity package unless the material is offered for transportation by aircraft or vessel.**
  - (4) Category B infectious substances prepared in accordance with [§ 173.199](/cfr/49/173.199.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[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]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 5101-5128, 44701; 49 CFR 1.81, 1.96 and 1.97.

### Source

Source: Amdt. 172-29, 41 FR 15996, Apr. 15, 1976, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[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]