---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 178.345-12"
title: "49"
number: "178.345-12"
heading: "Gauging devices."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/178.345-12"
---

# §178.345-12. Gauging devices.


Each cargo tank, except a cargo tank intended to be filled by weight, must be equipped with a gauging device that indicates the maximum permitted liquid level to within 0.5 percent of the nominal capacity as measured by volume or liquid level. Gauge glasses are not permitted.


## Notes

### Amendments

[Amdt. 178-89, 55 FR 37062, Sept. 7, 1990, as amended by Amdt. 178-118, 61 FR 51342, Oct. 1, 1996]

### Source

Source: 29 FR 18975, 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.

### Amendments

[Amdt. 178-89, 55 FR 37062, Sept. 7, 1990, as amended by Amdt. 178-118, 61 FR 51342, Oct. 1, 1996]