# 8, 8AL — How often hazmat cylinders, cargo tanks, IBCs and portable tanks must be retested

For 8, 8AL, test or inspection is Periodic requalification; interval is 10 or 20; regulation section is 49 CFR § 180.209, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Container specification:** 8, 8AL _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Test or inspection:** Periodic requalification _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Interval:** 10 or 20 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Regulation section:** 49 CFR § 180.209 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 8, 8AL | | 10 or 20 ( see <https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/180.209#i> § 180.209(i) ).

## Source

- https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/180.209

Last verified: 2026-08-06. Review by: 2027-08-06.
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