---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 183.512"
title: "33"
number: "183.512"
heading: "Fuel tanks: Prohibited materials."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/183.512"
---

# §183.512. Fuel tanks: Prohibited materials.

- (a) A fuel tank must not be constructed from terneplate.
- (b) Unless it has an inorganic sacrificial galvanic coating on the inside and outside of the tank, a fuel tank must not be constructed from black iron or carbon steel.
- (c) A fuel tank encased in cellular plastic or in fiber reinforced plastic must not be constructed from a ferrous alloy.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 74-209, 42 FR 5950, Jan. 31, 1977; 42 FR 24739, May 16, 1977]

### Source

Source: CGD 74-209, 42 FR 5950, Jan. 31, 1977, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 4302; Pub. L. 103-206, 107 Stat. 2439; and Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1, para. II, (92)(b). Subpart E is also authorized by Pub. L. 114-120, 130 Stat. 27

### Source

Source: CGD 72-61R, 37 FR 15782, Aug. 4, 1972, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 74-209, 42 FR 5950, Jan. 31, 1977; 42 FR 24739, May 16, 1977]