# Foundation.

**Citation:** 49 CFR 193.2203  
**Type / status:** regulation / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1999-10-01  
**Published:** Not stated

(a) Each LNG storage tank must have a stable foundation designed in accordance with generally accepted structural engineering practices.

(b) Each foundation must support design loading forces without detrimental settling that could impair the structural integrity of the tank.

## Document text

(a) Each LNG storage tank must have a stable foundation designed in accordance with generally accepted structural engineering practices.

(b) Each foundation must support design loading forces without detrimental settling that could impair the structural integrity of the tank.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CFR-1999-title49-vol3/CFR-1999-title49-vol3-sec193-2203>
- Source ID: `govinfo-cfr`
- SHA-256: `c9e1e02ce057e888e8bdee8fd0e7eb9893b0a3d8b2001ea0ff942a2452ce7331`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-12T01:41:23.231Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T04:38:15.219Z
- Document slug: `49-cfr-193-2203`

### Source metadata

```json
{
  "part": "193",
  "section": "193.2203",
  "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"
}
```