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    <CFRTITLE>49</CFRTITLE>
    <CFRTITLETEXT>Transportation</CFRTITLETEXT>
    <VOL>2</VOL>
    <DATE>2004-10-01</DATE>
    <ORIGINALDATE>2004-10-01</ORIGINALDATE>
    <COVERONLY>false</COVERONLY>
    <TITLE>Shear section.</TITLE>
    <GRANULENUM>178.338-12</GRANULENUM>
    <HEADING>Section 178.338-12</HEADING>
    <ANCESTORS>
      <PARENT HEADING="Title 49" SEQ="5">Transportation</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="Subtitle B" SEQ="4">Other Regulations Relating to Transportation</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="CHAPTER I" SEQ="3">RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="SUBCHAPTER C" SEQ="2">HAZARDOUS MATERIALS REGULATIONS</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="PART 178" SEQ="1">SPECIFICATIONS FOR PACKAGINGS</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="Subpart J" SEQ="0">Specifications for Containers for Motor Vehicle Transportation</PARENT>
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    <SECTNO>§ 178.338-12</SECTNO>
    <SUBJECT>Shear section.</SUBJECT>

    <P>Unless the valve is located in a rear cabinet forward of and protected by the bumper (see § 178.338-10(c)), the design and installation of each valve, damage to which could result in loss of liquid <PRTPAGE P="927"/>or vapor, must incorporate a shear section or breakage groove adjacent to, and outboard of, the valve. The shear section or breakage groove must yield or break under strain without damage to the valve that would allow the loss of liquid or vapor. The protection specified in § 178.338-10 is not a substitute for a shear section or breakage groove.</P>
    <CITA>[Amdt. 178-77, 49 FR 24316, June 12, 1984]</CITA>
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