The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1964 - Administrative law
The Code of Federal Regulations is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government.

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Page 243 - NOTE 1: For this purpose, a private track Is a track outside of carrier's right-of-way, yard, and terminals, and of which the carrier does not own either the rails, ties, roadbed or right-of-way; or a track or portion of a track which Is devoted to the purpose of Its user, either by lease or written agreement; In which case the lease or written agreement will be considered as equivalent to ownership. NOTE 2 : Carriers should give permission for the unloading of these containers on carrier tracks...
Page 227 - The package must contain not more than 0.1 millicuries of radium, or polonium, or that amount of strontium 89, strontium 90. or barium 140 which disintegrates at a rate of more than 5 million atoms per second...
Page 306 - Care shall be exercised in the loading and unloading of "arsenical dust", "arsenic trioxide", and "sodium arsenate", allowable to be loaded into sift-proof, steel hopper-type or dumptype motor-vehicle bodies equipped with water-proof, dust-proof covers well secured in place on all openings, to accomplish such loading with the minimum spread of such compounds into the atmosphere by all means that are practicable; and no such loading or unloading shall be done near or adjacent to any place where there...
Page 145 - Parts 71-78 of this chapter are those acids, alkaline caustic liquids and other corrosive liquids which, when in contact with living tissue, will cause severe damage of such tissue, by chemical action; or in case of leakage, will materially damage or destroy other freight by chemical action; or are liable to cause fire when in contact with organic matter or with certain chemicals.
Page 536 - He inch diameter are allowed. Plug, or cap, must have sufficient length of thread to engage 3 threads when screwed home with gasket in place: Provided, That for containers having a capacity of 12 gallons and less the seat (flange, etc.) for plug, or cap, must have two or more complete threads and plug, or cap, must have sufficient length of thread to engage two threads when screwed home with gasket in place.
Page 265 - The consignee must furnish adequately safe mechanical hoist, obtained from the carrier if desirable, by which the tanks are lifted from the car and deposited directly upon vehicles furnished by the consignee for immediate removal from carrier property or tanks must be lifted by adequately safe mechanical hoist from car directly to vessels for further transportation.
Page 316 - Regulations (Part 192 of this chapter). All cargo tanks involved in such transfer shall be grounded. The transfer shall be made only during daylight, unless the emergency occurs at night or extends Into hours of darkness and the hazard would be increased by waiting until daylight. In any such event, all practicable means, in addition to those hereinbefore prescribed, shall be taken to protect and warn other users of the highway against the hazard involved in any such transfer, or against the hazard...
Page 402 - Acceptable results for physical and flattening tests. (a) Elongation at least 40 percent for 2 Inch gauge length or at least 20 percent in other cases; yield strength not over 73 percent of tensile strength ; flattening test not required. Exception: Flattening test is required, without cracking, to 6 times wall thickness when cylinders are made of lap-welded pipe; In such case rings (crop ends) cut from each end of pipe must be tested with weld 45...
Page 42 - US liquid measure or by avoirdupois weight, it is authorized that quantities measured by the metric system may be substituted, up to but not exceeding 1 gallon for liquids and 10 pounds for solids, on the basis of 1 liter per quart specified and 500 grams per pound specified.
Page 120 - After ths kilns are opened, the charcoal must be allowed to stand In the open kiln or elsewhere exposed to the air for not less than 24 hours before loading in a freight car. Charcoal burned In kilns may be loaded in open cars or in box cars, but after loading in box cars, the cars must be allowed to stand not less than 24 hours with doors open before shipment. (k...

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