PART 179 SPECIFICATIONS FOR TANK CARS : Sections Listing

TITLE 92: TRANSPORTATION
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
SUBCHAPTER c: HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION REGULATIONS
PART 179 SPECIFICATIONS FOR TANK CARS


AUTHORITY: Implementing Section 4(a) and authorized by Section 9(a) of the Illinois Hazardous Materials Transportation Act [430 ILCS 30/4(a) and 9(a)].

SOURCE: Adopted at 3 Ill. Reg. 5, p. A1, effective February 1, 1979; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 4287, effective April 16, 1982; old rules repealed, new rules adopted and codified at 8 Ill. Reg. 19677, effective October 1, 1984; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 5909, effective April 1, 1986; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 20824, effective December 1, 1986; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 4796, effective March 10, 1987; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 17915, effective October 20, 1987; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 8102, effective April 26, 1988; amended at 15 Ill. Reg. 7781, effective May 7, 1991; amended at 16 Ill. Reg. 11875, effective July 13, 1992; amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 7912, effective May 6, 1994; amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 6577, effective April 30, 1996; amended at 22 Ill. Reg. 5736, effective March 4, 1998; amended at 22 Ill. Reg. 17042, effective September 30, 1998; amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 7320, effective May 19, 2001; amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 8958, effective June 5, 2002; amended at 28 Ill. Reg. 10112, effective July 1, 2004; amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 706, effective December 20, 2004; amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 1381, effective January 6, 2005; amended at 42 Ill. Reg. 2936, effective January 24, 2018.

 

Section 179.1000  General

 

This Part prescribes the specifications for tanks that are to be mounted on or form a part of a tank car and which are used for the transportation of hazardous materials in Illinois.

 

Section 179.2000  Incorporation By Reference of 49 CFR 179

 

a)         As Part 179 of the Illinois Hazardous Materials Transportation Regulations, the Department incorporates by reference the following subpart and sections of 49 CFR 179 as those sections of the federal hazardous materials transportation regulations were in effect on October 1, 2017, subject only to the exceptions in subsection (b) of this Section.  No later amendments to or editions of those sections of 49 CFR 179 of the federal regulations are incorporated.

 

179.1

General

179.2

Definitions and abbreviations

179.5

Certificate of Construction

179.6

Repairs and alterations

179.7

Quality Assurance program

179.10

Tank mounting

179.11

Welding certification

179.12

Interior heater systems

179.16

Tank-head puncture-resistance systems

179.18

Thermal protection systems

179.20

Service equipment; protection systems

179.22

Marking

subpart E

Specifications for Multi-Unit Tank Car Tanks (Classes DOT-106A and 110AW)

subpart F

Specification for Cryogenic Liquid Tank Car Tanks and Seamless Steel Tanks (Classes DOT-113 and 107A)

 

b)         The following interpretations of, additions to, and deletions from the above incorporated sections of 49 CFR 179 shall apply for purposes of this Part.

 

1)         All references to "this part" in the incorporated federal regulations shall mean this Part 179 of the Illinois Hazardous Materials Transportation Regulations.

 

2)         All references to "this chapter" or "this subchapter" in the incorporated federal regulations shall mean 92 Ill. Adm. Code:  Chapter I, Subchapter c.

 

3)         All references to a section of the regulations in the incorporated federal regulations shall be read to refer to that Section in the Illinois Hazardous Materials Transportation Regulations except references to Section 179.3 shall mean 49 CFR 179.3.

 

c)         Copies of the materials incorporated by reference are available for inspection at the Illinois Department of Transportation, 2300 S. Dirksen Parkway, Springfield IL 62764 or online via the U.S. Government Publishing Office at http://www. ecfr.gov.

 

(Source:  Amended at 42 Ill. Reg. 2936, effective January 24, 2018)