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49 CFR § 180.411 - Acceptable results of tests and inspections.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s180.411"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 180.411 - Acceptable results of tests and inspections."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "180.411"
section_name: "Acceptable results of tests and inspections."
chapter_name: "PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "HAZARDOUS MATERIALS REGULATIONS"
part_number: "180"
part_name: "CONTINUING QUALIFICATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PACKAGINGS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 5101-5128; 49 CFR 1.81 and 1.97."
regulatory_source: "Amdt. 180-2, 54 FR 25032, June 12, 1989, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "180"
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# 180.411 Acceptable results of tests and inspections.

(a) *Corroded or abraded areas.* The minimum thickness may not be less than that prescribed in the applicable specification.

(b) *Dents, cuts, digs and gouges.* For evaluation procedures, see CGA C-6 (IBR, see § 171.7 of this subchapter).

(1) For dents at welds or that include a weld, the maximum allowable depth is 
1/2 inch. For dents away from welds, the maximum allowable depth is 
1/10 of the greatest dimension of the dent, but in no case may the depth exceed one inch.

(2) The minimum thickness remaining beneath a cut, dig, or gouge may not be less than that prescribed in the applicable specification.

(c) *Weld or structural defects.* Any cargo tank with a weld defect such as a crack, pinhole, or incomplete fusion, or a structural defect must be taken out of hazardous materials service until repaired.

(d) *Leakage.* All sources of leakage must be properly repaired prior to returning a tank to hazardous materials service.

(e) *Relief valves.* Any pressure relief valve that fails to open and reclose at the prescribed pressure must be repaired or replaced.

(f) *Liner integrity.* Any defect shown by the test must be properly repaired.

(g) *Pressure test.* Any tank that fails to meet the acceptance criteria found in the individual specification that applies must be properly repaired.

[Amdt. 180-2, 54 FR 25032, June 12, 1989, as amended at 68 FR 75764, Dec. 31, 2003]