[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: 49CFR179.200-3]



[Page 1047]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

   CHAPTER I--PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, 

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 179_SPECIFICATIONS FOR TANK CARS--Table of Contents

 

 Subpart D_Specifications for Non-Pressure Tank Car Tanks (Classes DOT-

                            111AW and 115AW)

 

Sec. 179.200-3  Type.



    Tank built under these specifications must be circular in cross 

section, with formed heads designed convex outward. When specified in 

Sec. 179.201-1, the tank must have at least one manway or one expansion 

dome with manway, and such other external projections as are prescribed 

herein. When the tank is divided into compartments, each compartment 

must be treated as a separate tank.



[Amdt. 179-10, 36 FR 21348, Nov. 6, 1971]