§ 174.304 Class 3 (flammable liquid) materials in tank cars.
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A tank car containing a Class 3 (flammable liquid) material, other than liquid road asphalt or tar, may not be transported by rail unless it is originally consigned or subsequently reconsigned to a party having a private track on which it is to be delivered and unloaded (see § 171.8 of this subchapter) or to a party using railroad siding facilities which are equipped for piping the liquid from the tank car to permanent storage tanks of sufficient capacity to receive the entire contents of the car.
[Amdt. 174-26, 41 FR 16092, Apr. 15, 1976, as amended by Amdt. 174-32, 43 FR 48644, Oct. 19, 1978; Amdt. 174-68, 55 FR 52683, Dec. 21, 1990]
Interpretation letters (4)
- The consignee for tank cars delivering Class 2 (gas) — PHMSA, Mar 7, 2019
- Temporary Storage of Petroleum Crude Oil on a Private Track — PHMSA, Oct 5, 2016
- Applicability of the HMR to certain transfer operations — PHMSA, Feb 24, 2009
- Rail transloading facility — PHMSA, Nov 7, 2008