# General requirements.

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- **citation:** 49 CFR 178.362-1
- **title:** General requirements.
- **source type:** regulation
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** 2003-10-01
- **summary:** (a) Each jacket must meet the applicable requirements of § 173.24 of this subchapter.

(b) Maximum gross weight of the jacket plus the contents may not exceed the following:

(1) Specification 20WC-1: 225 kg (500 pounds).

(2) Specification 20WC-2: 225 kg (500 pounds).

(3) Specification 20WC-3: 455
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(a) Each jacket must meet the applicable requirements of § 173.24 of this subchapter.

(b) Maximum gross weight of the jacket plus the contents may not exceed the following:

(1) Specification 20WC-1: 225 kg (500 pounds).

(2) Specification 20WC-2: 225 kg (500 pounds).

(3) Specification 20WC-3: 455 kg (1000 pounds).

(4) Specification 20WC-4: 910 kg (2000 pounds).

(5) Specification 20WC-5: 1820 kg (4000 pounds).

(6) Specification 20WC-6: 2730 kg (6000 pounds).

[Amdt. 178-35, 39 FR 45252, Dec. 31, 1974. Redesignated by Amdt. 178-97, 55 FR 52716, Dec. 21, 1990; 66 FR 45387, Aug. 28, 2001; 67 FR 61016, Sept. 27, 2002]
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