[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR174.200]



[Page 692]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

   CHAPTER I--PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, 

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 174_CARRIAGE BY RAIL--Table of Contents

 

      Subpart F_Detailed Requirements for Class 2 (Gases) Materials

 

Sec. 174.200  Special handling requirements.





    (a) Division 2.1 (flammable gas) materials may not be loaded, 

transported, or stored in a rail car equipped with any type of lighted 

heater or open-flame device, or in a rail car equipped with any 

apparatus or mechanism utilizing an internal combustion engine in its 

operation.

    (b) Division 2.1 (flammable gas) materials may not be loaded in a 

truck body or trailer equipped with any type of lighted heater or any 

automatic heating or refrigerating apparatus when such truck bodies or 

trailers are loaded on flatcars except as provided in paragraph (c) of 

this section.

    (c) Heating or refrigeration apparatus may be operated on a motor 

vehicle loaded on a flatcar when the motor vehicle is loaded with 

Division 2.1 (flammable gas) materials only if:

    (1) The lading space is not equipped with any electrical apparatus 

that is not non-sparking or explosion-proof;

    (2) There is no combustion apparatus in the lading space;

    (3) There is no connection for the return of air from the lading 

space to any combustion apparatus; and

    (4) The heating system conforms to Sec. 393.77 of this title and 

does not heat any part of the lading over 54 [deg]C (129 [deg]F).



[Amdt. 174-26, 41 FR 16092, Apr. 15, 1976, as amended by Amdt. 174-68, 

55 FR 52682, Dec. 21, 1990; 56 FR 66281, Dec. 20, 1991]