[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: 49CFR178.33a-8]

[Page 770-771]
 
                        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.  178.33a-8  Tests.

    (a) One out of each lot of 25,000 containers or less, successively 
produced

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per day, shall be pressure tested to destruction and must not burst 
below 270 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 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]