[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: 49CFR179.5]

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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.  179.5  Certificate of construction.

    (a) Before a tank car is placed in service, the party assembling the 
completed car shall furnish a Certificate of Construction, Form AAR 4-2 
to the owner and the Executive Director--Tank Car Safety, AAR, 
certifying that the tank, equipment, and car fully conforms to all 
requirements of the specification.
    (b) When cars or tanks are covered in one application and are 
identical in all details are built in series, one certificate will 
suffice for each series when submitted to the Executive Director--Tank 
Car Safety, AAR.
    (c) If the owner elects to furnish service equipment, the owner 
shall furnish the Executive Director--Tank Car Safety, AAR, a report in 
prescribed form, certifying that the service equipment complies with all 
the requirements of the specifications.
    (d) When cars or tanks which are covered on one application and are 
identical in all details are built in series, one certificate shall 
suffice for each series when submitted to the Executive Director--Tank 
Car Safety, AAR. One copy of the Certificate of Construction must be 
furnished to the Executive Director--Tank Car Safety, AAR for each car 
number of consecutively numbered group or groups covered by the original 
application.

[Amdt. 179-10, 36 FR 21344, Nov. 6, 1971, as amended at 63 FR 52850, 
Oct. 1, 1998; 68 FR 48571, Aug. 14, 2003]