This document discusses regulations for qualifying, maintaining, and using cylinders for transporting hazardous materials. It defines key terms related to cylinders, including "commercially free of corrosive components", "condemn", "defect", and "non-corrosive service". The regulations apply to DOT specification and exemption cylinders as well as UN pressure receptacles, and cover testing, inspection, maintenance, and other continuing qualification requirements.
This document discusses regulations for qualifying, maintaining, and using cylinders for transporting hazardous materials. It defines key terms related to cylinders, including "commercially free of corrosive components", "condemn", "defect", and "non-corrosive service". The regulations apply to DOT specification and exemption cylinders as well as UN pressure receptacles, and cover testing, inspection, maintenance, and other continuing qualification requirements.
This document discusses regulations for qualifying, maintaining, and using cylinders for transporting hazardous materials. It defines key terms related to cylinders, including "commercially free of corrosive components", "condemn", "defect", and "non-corrosive service". The regulations apply to DOT specification and exemption cylinders as well as UN pressure receptacles, and cover testing, inspection, maintenance, and other continuing qualification requirements.
(b) Any person who performs a func- Subpart B [Reserved]
tion prescribed in this part is consid- ered subject to the regulations of this subchapter when that person— Subpart C—Qualification, Mainte- (1) Makes any representation indi- nance and Use of Cylinders cating compliance with one or more of the requirements of this part; or SOURCE: 67 FR 51660, Aug. 8, 2002, unless (2) Reintroduces into commerce a otherwise noted. packaging that bears markings indi- cating compliance with this part. § 180.201 Applicability. [Amdt. 180–2, 54 FR 25032, June 12, 1989, as This subpart prescribes require- amended by Amdt. 180–2, 56 FR 27877, June ments, in addition to those contained 17, 1991] in parts 107, 171, 172, 173, and 178 of this chapter, for the continuing qualifica- § 180.3 General requirements. tion, maintenance, or periodic requali- (a) No person may represent, mark, fication of DOT specification and ex- certify, sell, or offer a packaging or emption cylinders and UN pressure re- container as meeting the requirements ceptacles. of this part, or a special permit per- [71 FR 33894, June 12, 2006] taining to this part issued under sub- chapter A of this chapter, whether or § 180.203 Definitions. not the packaging or container is in- tended to be used for the transpor- As used in this section, the word tation of a hazardous material, unless ‘‘cylinder’’ includes UN pressure recep- it is marked, maintained, recondi- tacles. In addition to the definitions tioned, repaired, or retested, as appro- contained in § 171.8 of this subchapter, priate, in accordance with this part, an the following definitions apply to this approval issued thereunder, or a special subpart: permit issued under subchapter A of Commercially free of corrosive compo- this chapter. nents means a hazardous material hav- (b) The representations, markings, ing a dew point at or below minus 46.7 and certifications subject to the prohi- °C (minus 52 °F) at 101kPa (1 atmos- bitions of paragraph (a) of this section phere) and free of components that will include: adversely react with the cylinder (e.g. (1) Identifications that include the chemical stress corrosion). letters ‘‘DOT’’, ‘‘MC’’, ‘‘ICC’’, or ‘‘UN’’; Condemn means a determination that (2) Special permit, approval, and reg- a cylinder is unserviceable for the con- istration numbers that include the let- tinued transportation of hazardous ma- ters ‘‘DOT’’; terials in commerce and that the cyl- (3) Test dates displayed in associa- inder may not be restored by repair, re- tion with specification, registration, building, requalification, or any other approval, or exemption markings indi- procedure. cating conformance to a test or retest Defect means an imperfection requir- requirement of this subchapter, an ap- ing removal of a cylinder from service. proval issued thereunder, or a special Elastic expansion means a temporary permit issued under subchapter A of increase in a cylinder’s volume, due to this chapter; application of pressure, that is lost (4) Documents indicating conform- when pressure is released (elastic ex- ance to the testing, inspection, mainte- pansion = total expansion minus per- nance or other continuing qualification manent expansion). requirements of this part; and Filled or charged means an introduc- (5) Sales literature, including adver- tion or presence of a hazardous mate- tising, indicating that the packaging rial in a cylinder. or container represented therein con- Non-corrosive service means a haz- forms to requirements contained in ardous material that, in the presence wreier-aviles on DSK3TPTVN1PROD with CFR
subchapter A or C of this chapter. of moisture, is not corrosive to the ma-
[Amdt. 180–2, 54 FR 25032, June 12, 1989, as terials of construction of a cylinder amended by Amdt. 180–3, 58 FR 33306, June (including valve, pressure relief device, 16, 1993; 70 FR 73166, Dec. 9, 2005] etc.).
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