TITLE 92: TRANSPORTATION
CHAPTER V: ILLINOIS STATE POLICE
SUBCHAPTER a: HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION REGULATIONS
PART 3140 SPECIFICATIONS FOR TANK CARS

Section 3140.1000 General

Section 3140.2000 Incorporation By Reference of 49 CFR 179


AUTHORITY: Implementing Section 4(a) and authorized by Section 9(a) of the Illinois Hazardous Materials Transportation Act [430 ILCS 30/4(a) and 9(a)].


SOURCE: Transferred from the Department of Transportation (92 Ill. Adm. Code 179) to the Illinois State Police (92 Ill. Adm. Code 3160) pursuant to P.A. 104-0025, and recodified at 49 Ill. Reg. 12529.

 

Section 3140.1000  General

 

This Part prescribes the specifications for tanks that are to be mounted on or form a part of a tank car and which are used for the transportation of hazardous materials in Illinois.

 

(Recodified from 92 Ill. Adm. Code 179 (Department of Transportation) pursuant to P.A. 104-0025, at 49 Ill. Reg. 12529)

 

Section 3140.2000  Incorporation By Reference of 49 CFR 179

 

a)         As Part 179 of the Illinois Hazardous Materials Transportation Regulations, the Department incorporates by reference the following subpart and sections of 49 CFR 179 as those sections of the federal hazardous materials transportation regulations were in effect on October 1, 2017, subject only to the exceptions in subsection (b) of this Section.  No later amendments to or editions of those sections of 49 CFR 179 of the federal regulations are incorporated.

 

179.1

General

179.2

Definitions and abbreviations

179.5

Certificate of Construction

179.6

Repairs and alterations

179.7

Quality Assurance program

179.10

Tank mounting

179.11

Welding certification

179.12

Interior heater systems

179.16

Tank-head puncture-resistance systems

179.18

Thermal protection systems

179.20

Service equipment; protection systems

179.22

Marking

subpart E

Specifications for Multi-Unit Tank Car Tanks (Classes DOT-106A and 110AW)

subpart F

Specification for Cryogenic Liquid Tank Car Tanks and Seamless Steel Tanks (Classes DOT-113 and 107A)

 

b)         The following interpretations of, additions to, and deletions from the above incorporated sections of 49 CFR 179 shall apply for purposes of this Part.

 

1)         All references to "this part" in the incorporated federal regulations shall mean this Part 179 of the Illinois Hazardous Materials Transportation Regulations.

 

2)         All references to "this chapter" or "this subchapter" in the incorporated federal regulations shall mean 92 Ill. Adm. Code:  Chapter I, Subchapter c.

 

3)         All references to a section of the regulations in the incorporated federal regulations shall be read to refer to that Section in the Illinois Hazardous Materials Transportation Regulations except references to Section 179.3 shall mean 49 CFR 179.3.

 

c)         Copies of the materials incorporated by reference are available for inspection at the Illinois Department of Transportation, 2300 S. Dirksen Parkway, Springfield IL 62764 or online via the U.S. Government Publishing Office at http://www. ecfr.gov.

 

(Recodified from 92 Ill. Adm. Code 179 (Department of Transportation) pursuant to P.A. 104-0025, at 49 Ill. Reg. 12529)