---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 179.202-7"
title: "49"
number: "179.202-7"
heading: "Jackets."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/179.202-7"
---

# §179.202-7. Jackets.


The entire thermal protection system must be covered with a metal jacket of a thickness not less than 11 gauge A1011 steel or equivalent; and flashed around all openings so as to be weather tight. A protective coating must be applied to the exterior surface of a carbon steel tank and the inside surface of a carbon steel jacket.


## Notes

### Amendments

[80 FR 26749, May 8, 2015]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 29 FR 18995, Dec. 29, 1964, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 32 FR 5606, Apr. 5, 1967.

### Amendments

[80 FR 26749, May 8, 2015]