[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: 49CFR179.4]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 179_SPECIFICATIONS FOR TANK CARS--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart A_Introduction, Approvals and Reports
 
Sec.  179.4  Changes in specifications for tank cars.

    (a) Proposed changes in or additions to specifications for tanks 
must be submitted to the Executive Director--Tank Car Safety, AAR, for 
consideration by its Tank Car Committee. An application for construction 
of tanks to any new specification may be submitted with proposed 
specification. Construction should not be started until the 
specification has been approved or an exemption has been issued. When 
proposing a new specification, the applicant shall furnish information 
to justify a new specification. This data should include the properties 
of the lading and the method of loading and unloading.
    (b) The Tank Car Committee will review the proposed specifications 
at its earliest convenience and report its recommendations through the 
Executive Director--Tank Car Safety to the Department. The 
recommendation will be considered by the Department in determining 
appropriate action.

[29 FR 18995, Dec. 29, 1964. Redesignated at 32 FR 5606, Apr. 5, 1967 
and amended by Amdt. 179-41, 52 FR 36672, Sept. 30, 1987; 63 FR 52850, 
Oct. 1, 1998]