[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: 49CFR180.415]



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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. 180.415  Test and inspection markings.



    (a) Each cargo tank successfully completing the test and inspection 

requirements contained in Sec. 180.407 must be marked as specified in 

this section.

    (b) Each cargo tank must be durably and legibly marked, in English, 

with the date (month and year) and the type of test or inspection 

performed, subject to the following provisions:

    (1) The date must be readily identifiable with the applicable test 

or inspection.

    (2) The markings must be in letters and numbers at least 32 mm (1.25 

inches) high, near the specification plate or anywhere on the front 

head.

    (3) The type of test or inspection may be abbreviated as follows:

    (i) V for external visual inspection and test;

    (ii) I for internal visual inspection;

    (iii) P for pressure test;

    (iv) L for lining inspection;

    (v) T for thickness test; and

    (vi) K for leakage test for a cargo tank tested under Sec. 180.407, 

except Sec. 180.407(h)(2); and

    (vii) K-EPA27 for a cargo tank tested under Sec. 180.407(h)(2) 

after October 1, 2004.



    Examples to paragraph (b). The markings ``10-99 P, V, L'' represent 

that in October 1999 a cargo tank passed the prescribed pressure test, 

external visual inspection and test, and the lining inspection. The 

markings ``2-00 K-EPA27'' represent that in February 2000 a



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cargo tank passed the leakage test under Sec. 180.407(h)(2). The 

markings ``2-00 K, K-EPA27'' represent that in February 2000 a cargo 

tank passed the leakage test under both Sec. 180.407(h)(1) and under 

EPA Method 27 in Sec. 180.407(h)(2).

    (c) For a cargo tank motor vehicle composed of multiple cargo tanks 

constructed to the same specification, which are tested and inspected at 

the same time, one set of test and inspection markings may be used to 

satisfy the requirements of this section. For a cargo tank motor vehicle 

composed of multiple cargo tanks constructed to different 

specifications, which are tested and inspected at different intervals, 

the test and inspection markings must appear in the order of the cargo 

tank's corresponding location, from front to rear.



[Amdt. 180-2, 56 FR 27879, June 17, 1991, as amended by Amdt. 180-3, 56 

FR 66287, Dec. 20, 1991; 57 FR 45466, Oct. 1, 1992; Amdt. 180-6, 59 FR 

49135, Sept. 26, 1994; Amdt. 180-10, 61 FR 51343, Oct. 1, 1996; 68 FR 

19290, Apr. 18, 2003; 68 FR 52372, Sept. 3, 2003]