IM or UN portable tank
For IM or UN portable tank, test or inspection is intermediate periodic inspection and test; interval is at least every 2.5 years following the initial inspection and the last 5 year periodic inspection and test; regulation section is 49 CFR § 180.605, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.
- Container specification
- IM or UN portable tank verified
- Test or inspection
- intermediate periodic inspection and test our reading
- Interval
- at least every 2.5 years following the initial inspection and the last 5 year periodic inspection and test verified
- Regulation section
- 49 CFR § 180.605 verified
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What the source says
Each IM or UN portable tank must be given an initial <https://www.law.cornell.edu/definitions/index.php?width=840&height=800&iframe=true&def_id=eb4e796dbf95b89f84dd98bdb7243f5c&term_occur=999&term_src=Title:49:Subtitle:B:Chapter:I:Subchapter:C:Part:180:Subpart:G:180.605> inspection and test before being placed into service, a periodic inspection and test at least once every 5 years, and an intermediate periodic inspection and test at least every 2.5 years following the initial inspection and the last 5 year periodic inspection and test .
— law.cornell.edu, retrieved 2026-08-10
Source
- law.cornell.eduhttps://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/180.605