[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: 49CFR180.513]

[Page 1115]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 180_CONTINUING QUALIFICATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PACKAGINGS--Table of 
Contents
 
          Subpart F_Qualification and Maintenance of Tank Cars
 
Sec. 180.513  Repairs, alterations, conversions, and modifications.

    (a) In order to repair tank cars, the tank car facility must comply 
with the requirements of appendix R of the AAR Specifications for Tank 
Cars (IBR, see Sec. 171.7 of this subchapter).
    (b) Unless the exterior tank car shell or interior tank car jacket 
has a protective coating, after a repair that requires the complete 
removal of the tank car jacket, the exterior tank car shell and the 
interior tank car jacket must have a protective coating applied to 
prevent the deterioration of the tank shell and tank jacket.

[Amdt. 180-2, 54 FR 25032, June 12, 1989, as amended at 68 FR 75765, 
Dec. 31, 2003]