[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: 49CFR180.513]



[Page 1129]

 

                        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 F_Qualification and Maintenance of Tank Cars

 

Sec. 180.513  Repairs, alterations, conversions, and modifications.



    (a) In order to repair tank cars, the tank car facility must comply 

with the requirements of appendix R of the AAR Specifications for Tank 

Cars (IBR, see Sec. 171.7 of this subchapter).

    (b) Unless the exterior tank car shell or interior tank car jacket 

has a protective coating, after a repair that requires the complete 

removal of the tank car jacket, the exterior tank car shell and the 

interior tank car jacket must have a protective coating applied to 

prevent the deterioration of the tank shell and tank jacket.



[Amdt. 180-2, 54 FR 25032, June 12, 1989, as amended at 68 FR 75765, 

Dec. 31, 2003]