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['General Packaging Requirements - Hazmat']
['Portable tanks - Hazmat']
09/29/2026
Editor’s Note: For Specification 51 steel portable tank requirements see SUPERSEDED REGULATIONS after the Appendixes in part 178.
(a) Bottom discharge outlets prohibited, except on tanks used for shipments of sludge acid and alkaline corrosive liquids.
(b) If installed, bottom outlets or bottom washout chambers shall be of metal not subject to rapid deterioration by the lading, and each shall be provided with a valve or plug at its upper end and liquid-tight closure at its lower end. Each valve or plug shall be designed to insure against unseating due to stresses or shocks incident to transportation. Bottom outlets shall be adequately protected against handling damage and outlet equipment must not extend to within less than one inch of the bottom bearing surface of the skids or tank mounting.
[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']
['Portable tanks - Hazmat']
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