41 CFR § 50-204.72 - Safe practices for welding and cutting on containers which have held combustibles.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t41/s50-204.72"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "41 CFR § 50-204.72 - Safe practices for welding and cutting on containers which have held combustibles."
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "50-204.72"
section_name: "Safe practices for welding and cutting on containers which have held combustibles."
chapter_number: 50
chapter_name: "PUBLIC CONTRACTS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
part_number: "50-204"
part_name: "204—SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR FEDERAL SUPPLY CONTRACTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 1, 4, 49 Stat. 2036, 2038, as amended; 41 U.S.C. 35, 38; 5 U.S.C. 556."
regulatory_source: "34 FR 7946, May 20, 1969, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "50-204"
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# 50-204.72 Safe practices for welding and cutting on containers which have held combustibles.
Welding or cutting, or both, on containers which have held flammable or combustible solids, liquids, or gases, or have contained substances which may produce flammable vapors or gases will not be attempted until the containers have been thoroughly cleaned, purged, or inerted in strict accordance with the rules and procedures embodied in American Welding Society Pamphlet A-6.0-65, edition of 1965.
[35 FR 1015, Jan. 24, 1970]