[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: 49CFR179.4]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

   CHAPTER I--PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, 

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 179_SPECIFICATIONS FOR TANK CARS--Table of Contents

 

              Subpart A_Introduction, Approvals and Reports

 

Sec. 179.4  Changes in specifications for tank cars.



    (a) Proposed changes in or additions to specifications for tanks 

must be submitted to the Executive Director--Tank Car Safety, AAR, for 

consideration by its Tank Car Committee. An application for construction 

of tanks to any new specification may be submitted with proposed 

specification. Construction should not be started until the 

specification has been approved or an exemption has been issued. When 

proposing a new specification, the applicant shall furnish information 

to justify a new specification. This data should include the properties 

of the lading and the method of loading and unloading.

    (b) The Tank Car Committee will review the proposed specifications 

at its earliest convenience and report its recommendations through the 

Executive Director--Tank Car Safety to the Department. The 

recommendation will be considered by the Department in determining 

appropriate action.



[29 FR 18995, Dec. 29, 1964. Redesignated at 32 FR 5606, Apr. 5, 1967 

and amended by Amdt. 179-41, 52 FR 36672, Sept. 30, 1987; 63 FR 52850, 

Oct. 1, 1998]