---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 64.35"
title: "46"
number: "64.35"
heading: "Bottom filling or discharge connection."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/64.35"
---

# §64.35. Bottom filling or discharge connection.


If an MPT is designed with a filling or discharge connection in the bottom, the connection must be fitted with a bolted blank flange, threaded cap, or similar device to protect against leakage of the product, and a manually operated valve that is located—

- (a) Inside the tank and operated outside the tank; or
- (b) **Outside the tank but as close to it as practicable.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703; 49 U.S.C. App. 1804; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3.

### Source

Source: CGD 73-172, 39 FR 22950, June 25, 1974, unless otherwise noted.