# Exemption or special permit cylinder — How often hazmat cylinders, cargo tanks, IBCs and portable tanks must be retested

For Exemption or special permit cylinder, test or inspection is Periodic requalification; interval is See current exemption or special permit; minimum test pressure is See current exemption or special permit; regulation section is 49 CFR § 180.209, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Container specification:** Exemption or special permit cylinder _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Test or inspection:** Periodic requalification _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Interval:** See current exemption or special permit _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Minimum test pressure:** See current exemption or special permit _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Regulation section:** 49 CFR § 180.209 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> special permit cylinder | See current exemption or special permit , or UE 3 as allowed by CGA C-20 (2014) | See current exemption or special permit .

## 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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