[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: 49CFR179.102-1]

[Page 1013]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 179_SPECIFICATIONS FOR TANK CARS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart C_Specifications for Pressure Tank Car Tanks (Classes DOT-105, 
                         109, 112, 114 and 120)
 
Sec.  179.102-1  Carbon dioxide, refrigerated liquid.

    (a) Tank cars used to transport carbon dioxide, refrigerated liquid 
must comply with the following special requirements:
    (1) All plates for tank, manway nozzle and anchorage of tanks must 
be made of carbon steel complying with ASTM Specification A 516, Grades 
55, 60, 65, or 70, or AAR Specification TC128-78, Grade B. The ASTM A516 
plate must also meet the Charpy V-Notch test requirements of ASTM A20-
79b (see table 16) in the longitudinal direction of rolling. The TC128 
plate must also meet the Charpy V-Notch energy absorption requirements 
of 15 ft-lb minimum average for 3 specimens and 10 ft-lb minimum for one 
specimen at minus 50 [deg]F in the longitudinal direction of rolling in 
accord with ASTM Specification A 370. Production-welded test plates 
prepared as required by W4.00 of AAR Specifications for Tank Cars, 
appendix W, must include impact test specimens of weld metal and heat-
affected zone. As an alternate, anchor legs may be fabricated of 
stainless steel, ASTM A 240/A 240M (incorporated by reference; see Sec.  
171.7 of this subchapter) Types 304, 304L, 316 or 316L for which impact 
tests are not required.
    (2)-(6) [Reserved]
    (b) [Reserved]

[29 FR 18995, Dec. 29, 1964. Redesignated at 32 FR 5606, Apr. 5, 1967, 
and amended by Amdt. 179-10, 36 FR 21347, Nov. 6, 1971; Amdt. 179-28, 46 
FR 49906, Oct. 8, 1981; 46 FR 55266, Nov. 9, 1981; Amdt. 179-32, 48 FR 
50440, 50441, Nov. 1, 1983; 49 FR 42736, Oct. 24, 1984; Amdt. 179-45, 55 
FR 52728, Dec. 21, 1990; Amdt. 179-52, 61 FR 28680, June 5, 1996; 67 FR 
51660, Aug. 8, 2002]