[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR179.100-3]

[Page 1024]
 
                        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. 179.100-3  Type.

    (a) Tanks built under this specification shall be fusion-welded with 
heads designed convex outward. Except as provided in Sec. 179.103 they 
shall be circular in cross section, shall be provided with a manway 
nozzle on top of the tank of sufficient size to permit access to the 
interior, a manway cover to provide for the mounting of all valves, 
measuring and sampling devices, and a protective housing. Other openings 
in the tank are prohibited, except as provided in part 173 of this 
chapter, Sec. Sec. 179.100-14, 179.101-1, 179.102 or Sec. 179.103.
    (b) [Reserved]

[29 FR 18995, Dec. 29, 1964. Redesignated at 32 FR 5606, Apr. 5, 1967, 
and amended by Amdt. 179-10, 36 FR 21344, Nov. 6, 1971; 65 FR 58632, 
Sept. 29, 2000]