metal, rigid plastic, and composite IBCs
For metal, rigid plastic, and composite IBCs, test or inspection is leakproofness test; interval is prior to its first use in transportation and every 2.5 years thereafter; condition or service qualifier is intended to contain solids that are loaded or discharged under pressure or intended to contain liquids; regulation section is 49 CFR § 180.352, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.
- Container specification
- metal, rigid plastic, and composite IBCs verified
- Test or inspection
- leakproofness test our reading
- Interval
- prior to its first use in transportation and every 2.5 years thereafter verified
- Condition or service qualifier
- intended to contain solids that are loaded or discharged under pressure or intended to contain liquids verified
- Regulation section
- 49 CFR § 180.352 verified
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What the source says
Test and inspections for metal, rigid plastic, and composite IBCs. Each IBC is subject to the following test and inspections: (1) Each IBC intended to contain solids that are loaded or discharged under pressure or intended to contain <https://www.law.cornell.edu/definitions/index.php?width=840&height=800&iframe=true&def_id=d496477211992c9631bc3d13ef381c7e&term_occur=999&term_src=Title:49:Subtitle:B:Chapter:I:Subchapter:C:Part:180:Subpart:D:180.352> liquids must be tested in accordance with the leakproofness test prescribed in <https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/178.813> § 178.813 of this subchapter prior to its first use in transportation and every 2.5 years thereafter, starting from the date of manufacture or the date of a <https://www.law.cornell.edu/definitions/index.php?width=840&height=800&iframe=true&def_id=04dafbb616c7e83656222bc1671e69c8&term_occur=999&term_src=Title:49:Subtitle:B:Chapter:I:Subchapter:C:Part:180:Subpart:D:180.352> repair conforming to paragraph (d)(1) of this section.
— law.cornell.edu, retrieved 2026-08-10
Source
- law.cornell.eduhttps://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/180.352