49 CFR 174.304
§ 174.304 Class 3 (flammable liquid) materials in tank cars.
United States · 49 CFR — Transportation · Status: effective
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- 49 CFR 174.304, § 174.304 Class 3 (flammable liquid) materials in tank cars, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/256196
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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.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.