# General requirements.

- **operation:** document
- **citation:** 49 CFR 178.272-1
- **title:** General requirements.
- **source type:** regulation
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** 2005-10-01
- **summary:** (a) Specification IM 102 portable tanks must conform to the general design and construction requirements in § 178.270 of this subpart in addition to the specific design requirements contained in this section.

(b) The MAWP of each tank shall be less than 1.75 bar (25.4 psig) but at least 1.0 bar (14
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(a) Specification IM 102 portable tanks must conform to the general design and construction requirements in § 178.270 of this subpart in addition to the specific design requirements contained in this section.

(b) The MAWP of each tank shall be less than 1.75 bar (25.4 psig) but at least 1.0 bar (14.5 psig).

(c) Each tank shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the requirements in Section VIII of the ASME Code (IBR, see § 171.7 of this subchapter) except as limited or modified in this section or in § 178.270 of this subpart. ASME certification or stamp is not required.

[Amdt. 178-65, 46 FR 9899, Jan. 29, 1981, as amended by Amdt. 178-104, 59 FR 49135, Sept. 26, 1994; 66 FR 45387, Aug. 28, 2001; 68 FR 75751, Dec. 31, 2003]
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