[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: 49CFR180.350]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

   CHAPTER I--PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, 

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 180_CONTINUING QUALIFICATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PACKAGINGS

--Table of Contents

 

             Subpart D_Qualification and Maintenance of IBCs

 

Sec. 180.350  Applicability and definitions.





    This subpart prescribes requirements, in addition to those contained 

in parts 107, 171, 172, 173 and 178 of this subchapter, applicable to 

any person responsible for the continuing qualification, maintenance, or 

periodic retesting of an IBC. The following definitions apply:

    (a) Remanufactured IBCs are metal, rigid plastic or composite IBCs 

produced as a UN type from a non-UN type, or are converted from one UN 

design type to another UN design type. Remanufactured IBCs are subject 

to the same requirements of this subchapter that apply to new IBCs of 

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same type (also see Sec. 178.801(c)(1) of this subchapter for design 

type definition).

    (b) Repaired IBCs are metal, rigid plastic or composite IBCs that, 

as a result of impact or for any other cause (such as corrosion, 

embrittlement or other evidence of reduced strength as compared to the 

design type), are restored so as to conform to the design type and to be 

able to withstand the design type tests. For the purposes of this 

subchapter, the replacement of the rigid inner receptacle of a composite 

IBC with a receptacle conforming to the original manufacturer's 

specification is considered repair. Routine maintenance of IBCs (see 

definition in paragraph (c) of this section) is not considered repair. 

The bodies of rigid plastic IBCs and the inner receptacles of composite 

IBCs are not repairable.

    (c) Routine maintenance of IBCs is the routine performance on:

    (1) Metal, rigid plastic or composite IBCs of operations such as:

    (i) Cleaning;

    (ii) Removal and reinstallation or replacement of body closures 

(including associated gaskets), or of service equipment conforming to 

the original manufacturer's specifications provided that the 

leaktightness of the IBC is verified; or

    (iii) Restoration of structural equipment not directly performing a 

hazardous material containment or discharge pressure retention function 

so as to conform to the design type (for example, the straightening of 

legs or lifting attachments), provided the containment function of the 

IBC is not affected.

    (2) Plastics or textile flexible IBCs of operations, such as:

    (i) Cleaning; or

    (ii) Replacement of non-integral components, such as non-integral 

liners and closure ties, with components conforming to the original 

manufacturer's specification; provided that these operations do not 

adversely affect the containment function of the flexible IBC or alter 

the design type.



[68 FR 45042, July 31, 2003, as amended at 69 FR 76186, Dec. 20, 2004]