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['General Packaging Requirements - Hazmat']
['Hazmat Package Testing']
09/29/2026
Editor’s Note: For Specification 51 steel portable tank requirements see SUPERSEDED REGULATIONS after the Appendixes in part 178.
(a) Each completed portable tank prior to application of lining shall be tested before being put into transportation service by completely filling the tank with water or other liquid having a similar viscosity, the temperature of which shall not exceed 100°F. during the test, and applying a pressure of 60 psig. The tank shall be capable of holding the prescribed pressure for at least 10 minutes without leakage, evidence of impending failure, or failure. All closures shall be in place while the test is made and the pressure shall be gauged at the top of the tank. Safety devices and/or vents shall be plugged during this test.
(b) [Reserved]
[29 FR 18972, Dec. 29, 1964. Redesignated at 32 FR 5606, Apr. 5, 1967, as amended by Amdt. 178–104, 59 FR 49135, Sept. 26, 1994]
['General Packaging Requirements - Hazmat']
['Hazmat Package Testing']
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