TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION

SUBTITLE B - OTHER REGULATIONS RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION

CHAPTER I - PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

SUBCHAPTER C - HAZARDOUS MATERIALS REGULATIONS

PART 179 - SPECIFICATIONS FOR TANK CARS

subpart c - SPECIFICATIONS FOR PRESSURE TANK CAR TANKS (CLASSES DOT - 105, 109, 112, 114 AND 120)

179.102 - 1 - Carbon dioxide, refrigerated liquid.

  (a) Tank cars used to transport carbon dioxide, refrigerated liquid must comply with the following special requirements: (1) All plates for tank, manway nozzle and anchorage of tanks must be made of carbon steel conforming to ASTM A 516/A 516M (IBR, see 171.7 of this subchapter), Grades 55, 60, 65, or 70, or AAR Specification TC 12878, Grade B. The ASTM A 516/A 516M plate must also meet the Charpy V-Notch test requirements of ASTM A 20/A 20M (see table 16) (IBR, see 171.7 of this subchapter) in the longitudinal direction of rolling. The TC 128 plate must also meet the Charpy V-Notch energy absorption requirements of 15 ft.-lb. minimum average for 3 specimens, and 10 ft.-lb. minimum for one specimen, at minus 50 F in the longitudinal direction of rolling in accord with ASTM A 370 (IBR, see 171.7 of this subchapter).

Production-welded test plates prepared as required by W4.00 of AAR Specifications for Tank Cars, appendix W (IBR, see 171.7 of this subchapter), must include impact test specimens of weld metal and heat-affected zone. As an alternate, anchor legs may be fabricated of stainless steel, ASTM A 240/A 240M Types 304, 304L, 316 or 316L, for which impact tests are not required.

  (2)(6) [Reserved] (b) [Reserved] [29 FR 18995, Dec. 29, 1964. Redesignated at 32 FR 5606, Apr. 5, 1967, and amended by Amdt. 17910, 36 FR 21347, Nov. 6, 1971; Amdt. 17928, 46 FR 49906, Oct. 8, 1981; 46 FR 55266, Nov. 9, 1981; Amdt. 17932, 48 FR 50440, 50441, Nov. 1, 1983; 49 FR 42736, Oct. 24, 1984; Amdt. 17945, 55 FR 52728, Dec. 21, 1990; Amdt. 17952, 61 FR 28680, June 5, 1996; 67 FR 51660, Aug. 8, 2002; 68 FR 75760, Dec. 31, 2003]