49 CFR § 193.2623 - Inspecting LNG storage tanks.

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title: "49 CFR § 193.2623 - Inspecting LNG storage tanks."
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title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "193.2623"
section_name: "Inspecting LNG storage tanks."
chapter_name: "PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
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part_number: "193"
part_name: "LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS FACILITIES: FEDERAL SAFETY STANDARDS"
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regulatory_source: "45 FR 9203, Feb. 11, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
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# 193.2623 Inspecting LNG storage tanks.

Each LNG storage tank must be inspected or tested to verify that each of the following conditions does not impair the structural integrity or safety of the tank:

(a) Foundation and tank movement during normal operation and after a major meteorological or geophysical disturbance.

(b) Inner tank leakage.

(c) Effectiveness of insulation.

(d) Frost heave.

[Amdt. 193-2, 45 FR 70407, Oct. 23, 1980, as amended at 47 FR 32720, July 29, 1982]