# Tests.

**Citation:** 49 CFR 178.364-4  
**Type / status:** regulation / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2003-10-01  
**Published:** Not stated

Prior to each use, each overpack must be visually inspected for defects such as wood checking or splintering weld cracking, corrosion of steel parts, improper joint bonding, or improperly fitting closure lid.

[Amdt. 178-35, 39 FR 45253, Dec. 31, 1974. Redesigntated by Amdt. 178-97, 55 FR 52716, Dec

## Document text

Prior to each use, each overpack must be visually inspected for defects such as wood checking or splintering weld cracking, corrosion of steel parts, improper joint bonding, or improperly fitting closure lid.

[Amdt. 178-35, 39 FR 45253, Dec. 31, 1974. Redesigntated by Amdt. 178-97, 55 FR 52716, Dec. 21, 1990; 66 FR 45389, Aug. 28, 2001]

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CFR-2003-title49-vol2/CFR-2003-title49-vol2-sec178-364-4>
- Source ID: `govinfo-cfr`
- SHA-256: `dc0b9437a831826d2dc9cf63505bcb41a6a4116f9771a9f7efe506a124ce46b0`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T06:37:29.399Z
- Exported: 2026-08-22T09:53:49.192Z
- Document slug: `49-cfr-178-364-4`

### Source metadata

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  "part": "178",
  "section": "178.364-4",
  "subpart": "Subpart K—Specifications for Packagings for Class 7 (Radioactive) Materials",
  "annualEdition": 2003,
  "revisedAsOf": "2003-10-01",
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  "historicalAnchorNote": "The section appears in an official annual CFR edition but is absent from the connected current eCFR corpus.",
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```