[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: 49CFR178.33a-8]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

   CHAPTER I--PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, 

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 178_SPECIFICATIONS FOR PACKAGINGS--Table of Contents

 

       Subpart B_Specifications for Inside Containers, and Linings

 

Sec. 178.33a-8  Tests.



    (a) One out of each lot of 25,000 containers or less, successively 

produced per day, shall be pressure tested to destruction and must not 

burst below 270 psig gauge pressure. The container tested shall be 

complete with end assembled.

    (b) Each such 25,000 containers or less, successively produced per 

day, shall constitute a lot and if the test container shall fail, the 

lot shall be rejected or ten additional containers may be selected at 

random and subjected to the test under which failure occurred. These 

containers shall be complete with ends assembled. Should any of the ten 

containers thus tested fail, the entire lot must be rejected. All 

containers constituting a lot shall be of like material, size, design, 

construction, finish and quality.



[Order 71, 31 FR 9074, July 1, 1966. Redesignated at 32 FR 5606, Apr. 5, 

1967, as amended by 66 FR 45387, Aug. 28, 2001]