[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: 49CFR180.403]



[Page 1103]

 

                        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 E_Qualification and Maintenance of Cargo Tanks

 

Sec. 180.403  Definitions.



    In addition to the definitions contained in Sec. Sec. 171.8, 

178.320(a) and 178.345-1 of this subchapter, the following definitions 

apply to this subpart:

    Corroded or abraded means any visible reduction in the material 

thickness of the cargo tank wall or valve due to pitting, flaking, 

gouging, or chemical reaction to the material surface that effects the 

safety or serviceability of the cargo tank. The term does not include 

cosmetic or minor surface degradation that does not effect the safety or 

serviceability of the cargo tank

    Corrosive to the tank or valve means that the lading has been shown 

through experience or test data to reduce the thickness of the material 

of construction of the tank wall or valve.

    Delivery hose assembly means a liquid delivery hose and its attached 

couplings.

    Modification means any change to the original design and 

construction of a cargo tank or a cargo tank motor vehicle that affects 

its structural integrity or lading retention capability including 

changes to equipment certified as part of an emergency discharge control 

system required by Sec. 173.315(n)(2) of this subchapter. Any 

modification that involves welding on the cargo tank wall must also meet 

all requirements for ``Repair'' as defined in this section. Excluded 

from this category are the following:

    (1) A change to motor vehicle equipment such as lights, truck or 

tractor power train components, steering and brake systems, and 

suspension parts, and changes to appurtenances, such as fender 

attachments, lighting brackets, ladder brackets; and

    (2) Replacement of components such as valves, vents, and fittings 

with a component of a similar design and of the same size.

    Owner means the person who owns a cargo tank motor vehicle used for 

the transportation of hazardous materials, or that person's authorized 

agent.

    Piping system means any component of a cargo tank delivery system, 

other than a delivery hose assembly, that contains product during 

loading or unloading.

    Rebarrelling means replacing more than 50 percent of the combined 

shell and head material of a cargo tank.

    Repair means any welding on a cargo tank wall done to return a cargo 

tank or a cargo tank motor vehicle to its original design and 

construction specification, or to a condition prescribed for a later 

equivalent specification in effect at the time of the repair. Excluded 

from this category are the following:

    (1) A change to motor vehicle equipment such as lights, truck or 

tractor power train components, steering and brake systems, and 

suspension parts, and changes to appurtenances, such as fender 

attachments, lighting brackets, ladder brackets; and

    (2) Replacement of components such as valves, vents, and fittings 

with a component of a similar design and of the same size.

    (3) Replacement of an appurtenance by welding to a mounting pad.

    Replacement of a barrel means to replace the existing tank on a 

motor vehicle chassis with an unused (new) tank. For the definition of 

tank, see Sec. 178.320, Sec. 178.345, or Sec. 178.338-1 of this 

subchapter, as applicable.

    Stretching means any change in length, width or diameter of the 

cargo tank, or any change to a cargo tank motor vehicle's undercarriage 

that may affect the cargo tank's structural integrity.



[Amdt. 180-2, 54 FR 25032, June 12, 1989, as amended at 55 FR 37065, 

Sept. 7, 1990; Amdt. 180-3, 57 FR 45466, Oct. 1, 1992; Amdt. 180-7, 59 

FR 55177, Nov. 3, 1994; 60 FR 17402, Apr. 5, 1995; Amdt. 180-10, 61 FR 

51342, Oct. 1, 1996; 63 FR 52850, Oct. 1, 1998; 64 FR 28050, May 24, 

1999; 68 FR 19286, Apr. 18, 2003; 69 FR 54047, Sept. 7, 2004]