[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: 49CFR180.411]



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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 E_Qualification and Maintenance of Cargo Tanks

 

Sec. 180.411  Acceptable results of tests and inspections.



    (a) Corroded or abraded areas. The minimum thickness may not be less 

than that prescribed in the applicable specification.

    (b) Dents, cuts, digs and gouges. For evaluation procedures, see CGA 

C-6 (IBR, see Sec. 171.7 of this subchapter).

    (1) For dents at welds or that include a weld, the maximum allowable 

depth is \1/2\ inch. For dents away from welds, the maximum allowable 

depth is \1/10\ of the greatest dimension of the dent, but in no case 

may the depth exceed one inch.

    (2) The minimum thickness remaining beneath a cut, dig, or gouge may 

not be less than that prescribed in the applicable specification.

    (c) Weld or structural defects. Any cargo tank with a weld defect 

such as a crack, pinhole, or incomplete fusion, or a structural defect 

must be taken out of hazardous materials service until repaired.

    (d) Leakage. All sources of leakage must be properly repaired prior 

to returning a tank to hazardous materials service.

    (e) Relief valves. Any pressure relief valve that fails to open and 

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the prescribed pressure must be repaired or replaced.

    (f) Liner integrity. Any defect shown by the test must be properly 

repaired.

    (g) Pressure test. Any tank that fails to meet the acceptance 

criteria found in the individual specification that applies must be 

properly repaired.



[Amdt. 180-2, 54 FR 25032, June 12, 1989, as amended at 68 FR 75764, 

Dec. 31, 2003]