[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR178.33-8]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 178_SPECIFICATIONS FOR PACKAGINGS--Table of Contents
 
       Subpart B_Specifications for Inside Containers, and Linings
 
Sec.  178.33-8  Tests.

    (a) One out of each lot of 25,000 containers or less, successively 
produced per day shall be pressure tested to destruction and must not 
burst below 240 psig gauge pressure. The container tested shall be 
complete with end assembled.
    (b) Each such 25,000 containers or less, successively produced per 
day, shall constitute a lot and if the test

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container shall fail, the lot shall be rejected or ten additional 
containers may be selected at random and subjected to the test under 
which failure occurred. These containers shall be complete with ends 
assembled. Should any of the ten containers thus tested fail, the entire 
lot must be rejected. All containers constituting a lot shall be of like 
material, size, design construction, finish, and quality.

[Order 71, 31 FR 9074, July 1, 1966. Redesignated at 32 FR 5606, Apr. 5, 
1967, as amended by 66 FR 45387, Aug. 28, 2001]