---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 178.255-9"
title: "49"
number: "178.255-9"
heading: "Compartments."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/178.255-9"
---

# §178.255-9. Compartments.

- (a) When the interior of the tank is divided into compartments, each compartment shall be designed, constructed and tested as a separate tank. Thickness of shell and compartment heads shall be determined on the basis of total tank capacity.
- (b) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Source

Source: 29 FR 18972, Dec. 29, 1964, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 32 FR 5606, Apr. 5, 1967.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 5101-5128; 49 CFR 1.81 and 1.97.