# Building design.

**Citation:** 49 CFR 193.2131  
**Type / status:** regulation / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1999-10-01  
**Published:** Not stated

(a) Each building or structural enclosure in which potentially hazardous quantities of flammable materials are handled must be designed and constructed to minimize fire hazards.

(b) Buildings or structural enclosures in which hazardous or cryogenic fluids are handled shall be of light-weight, nonco

## Document text

(a) Each building or structural enclosure in which potentially hazardous quantities of flammable materials are handled must be designed and constructed to minimize fire hazards.

(b) Buildings or structural enclosures in which hazardous or cryogenic fluids are handled shall be of light-weight, noncombustible construction with nonload-bearings walls.

(c) If rooms containing such fluids are located within or attached to buildings in which such fluids are not handled, i.e., control rooms, shops, etc., the common walls shall be limited to not more than two in number, shall be designed to withstand a static pressure of at least 4800 Pa (100 psf), have no doors or other communicating openings, and shall have a fire resistance rating of at least 1 hour.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CFR-1999-title49-vol3/CFR-1999-title49-vol3-sec193-2131>
- Source ID: `govinfo-cfr`
- SHA-256: `ed25ec2375f77faa278e7a72fa93af4a8ba22b8d1eb847c226db509bd4fadb02`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-12T01:41:23.231Z
- Exported: 2026-08-23T22:36:16.496Z
- Document slug: `49-cfr-193-2131`

### Source metadata

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  "part": "193",
  "section": "193.2131",
  "subpart": "Subpart C—Design",
  "annualEdition": 1999,
  "revisedAsOf": "1999-10-01",
  "govInfoPackage": "CFR-1999-title49-vol3",
  "legalStatus": "official-annual-cfr-edition",
  "effectiveDateNote": null,
  "historicalAnchor": true,
  "historicalAnchorNote": "The section appears in an official annual CFR edition but is absent from the connected current eCFR corpus.",
  "jurisdiction": "US"
}
```