External design pressure.

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(a) Each portable tank not fitted with vacuum relief devices must be designed to withstand a positive external pressure differential of at least 0.4 bar (6 psig).

(b) Each portable tank fitted with vacuum relief devices must be designed to withstand a positive external pressure differential not less than the set pressure of the vacuum relief device and in any case at least 0.21 bar (3 psig).

[Amdt. 178-65, 46 FR 9896, Jan. 29, 1981, as amended at 66 FR 45387, Aug. 28, 2001]