[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: 49CFR179.5]



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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. 179.5  Certificate of construction.



    (a) Before a tank car is placed in service, the party assembling the 

completed car shall furnish a Certificate of Construction, Form AAR 4-2 

to the owner and the Executive Director--Tank Car Safety, AAR, 

certifying that the tank, equipment, and car fully conforms to all 

requirements of the specification.

    (b) When cars or tanks are covered in one application and are 

identical in all details are built in series, one certificate will 

suffice for each series when submitted to the Executive Director--Tank 

Car Safety, AAR.

    (c) If the owner elects to furnish service equipment, the owner 

shall furnish the Executive Director--Tank Car Safety, AAR, a report in 

prescribed form, certifying that the service equipment complies with all 

the requirements of the specifications.

    (d) When cars or tanks which are covered on one application and are 

identical in all details are built in series, one certificate shall 

suffice for each series when submitted to the Executive Director--Tank 

Car Safety, AAR. One copy of the Certificate of Construction must be 

furnished to the Executive Director--Tank Car Safety, AAR for each car 

number of consecutively numbered group or groups covered by the original 

application.



[Amdt. 179-10, 36 FR 21344, Nov. 6, 1971, as amended at 63 FR 52850, 

Oct. 1, 1998; 68 FR 48571, Aug. 14, 2003]



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