[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 5]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR393.69]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 393_PARTS AND ACCESSORIES NECESSARY FOR SAFE OPERATION--Table of 

Contents

 

                         Subpart E_Fuel Systems

 

Sec. 393.69  Liquefied petroleum gas systems.



    (a) A fuel system that uses liquefied petroleum gas as a fuel for 

the operation of a motor vehicle or for the operation of auxiliary 

equipment installed on, or used in connection with, a motor vehicle must 

conform to the ``Standards for the Storage and Handling of Liquefied 

Petroleum Gases'' of the National Fire Protection Association, Battery 

March Park, Quincy, MA 02269, as follows:

    (1) A fuel system installed before December 31, 1962, must conform 

to the 1951 edition of the Standards.

    (2) A fuel system installed on or after December 31, 1962, and 

before January 1, 1973, must conform to Division IV of the June 1959 

edition of the Standards.



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    (3) A fuel system installed on or after January 1, 1973, and 

providing fuel for propulsion of the motor vehicle must conform to 

Division IV of the 1969 edition of the Standards.

    (4) A fuel system installed on or after January 1, 1973, and 

providing fuel for the operation of auxiliary equipment must conform to 

Division VII of the 1969 edition of the Standards.

    (b) When the rules in this section require a fuel system to conform 

to a specific edition of the Standards, the fuel system may conform to 

the applicable provisions in a later edition of the Standards specified 

in this section.

    (c) The tank of a fuel system must be marked to indicate that the 

system conforms to the Standards.



[36 FR 15445, Aug. 14, 1971, as amended at 37 FR 4342, Mar. 2, 1972; 41 

FR 53031, Dec. 3, 1976; 53 FR 49400, Dec. 7, 1988]