49 C.F.R. § 178.255-2   Material.


Title 49 - Transportation


Title 49: Transportation
PART 178—SPECIFICATIONS FOR PACKAGINGS
Subpart H—Specifications for Portable Tanks

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§ 178.255-2   Material.

(a) Material used in the tank must be steel of good weldable quality and conform with the requirements in Sections V, VIII, and IX of the ASME Code (IBR, see §171.7 of this subchapter).

(b) The minimum thickness of metal, exclusive of lining material, for shell and heads of tanks shall be as follows:

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------                                                                Minimum                        Tank capacity                          thickness                                                                (inch)------------------------------------------------------------------------Not more than 1,200 gallons.................................       \1/4\Over 1,200 to 1,800 gallons.................................      \5/16\Over 1,800 gallons..........................................       \3/8\------------------------------------------------------------------------

[29 FR 18972, Dec. 29, 1964. Redesignated at 32 FR 5606, Apr. 5, 1967, and amended by Amdt. 178–7, 34 FR 18250, Nov. 14, 1969; 68 FR 75750, Dec. 31, 2003]

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