49 CFR § 195.565 - How do I install cathodic protection on breakout tanks?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s195.565"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 195.565 - How do I install cathodic protection on breakout tanks?"
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "195.565"
section_name: "How do I install cathodic protection on breakout tanks?"
chapter_name: "PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "PIPELINE SAFETY"
part_number: "195"
part_name: "TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS LIQUIDS BY PIPELINE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "30 U.S.C. 185(w)(3), 49 U.S.C. 5103, 60101 and 49 CFR 1.97."
regulatory_source: "Amdt. 195-22, 46 FR 38360, July 27, 1981, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "195"
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# 195.565 How do I install cathodic protection on breakout tanks?
After October 2, 2000, when you install cathodic protection under § 195.563(a) to protect the bottom of an aboveground breakout tank of more than 500 barrels 79.49m3 capacity built to API Spec 12F (incorporated by reference, *see* § 195.3), API Std 620 (incorporated by reference, *see* § 195.3), API Std 650 (incorporated by reference, *see* § 195.3), or API Std 650's predecessor, Standard 12C, you must install the system in accordance with ANSI/API RP 651 (incorporated by reference, *see* § 195.3). However, you don't need to comply with API RP 651 when installing any tank for which you note in the corrosion control procedures established under § 195.402(c)(3) why complying with all or certain provisions of API RP 651 is not necessary for the safety of the tank.
[Amdt. 195-99, 80 FR 188, Jan. 5, 2015, as amended by Amdt. 195-107, 89 FR 33284, Apr. 29, 2024]