[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: 49CFR179.100-3]



[Page 1036-1037]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

   CHAPTER I--PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 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,



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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]