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Updates

	Which CGA Pamphlets am I supposed to have??? Click Here (This is no change or update, but you may have been given the wrong information!)
	PHMSA is proposing changes to cylinder testing (see HM-218E below). (Don't forget to read my comments... I could use a little support here, guys!)
	IT'S HERE!!! 6351 Alloy Aluminum Requires Eddy Current Examination. Click here for the Federal Register Update.

April 15, 2005 -- Canadian Approval Granted

Changes and Updates

This is where we'll announce changes and updates. If you want to know what's changed, take a look here first.

Last modified: 08/23/07

Find DOT Final and Proposed Rulemakings that change the CFR.: See the Changes section for more details.

Look for Updates and Interpretations that effect testing.: See the Updates section for more details.

Read Comments and Opinions: These Comments and 50 cents will get you cup of coffee!

Changes

	*NOTICE: HM-218E Proposed Rulemaking April 12, 2007* PHMSA proposes to amend the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) to revise certain requirements applicable to the manufacture, maintenance, and use of DOT and MC specification cargo tank motor vehicles, DOT specification cylinders and UN pressure receptacles. These changes affect cylinder testing!! Read this and comment on it to PHMSA. Click here to download the April 12 NPRM Click here to read MY COMMENTS (Don't be scared. It's only 11 pages!!) *NOTICE: HM-220F Final Rulemaking August 29, 2006* This Final Rule, effective Jan. 1, 2007, establishes the requirement for Eddy Current Inspection for 6351 Aluminum Alloy cylinders in SCUBA, SCBA, and Oxygen. They removed the requirement for CO2, they removed the 40-year Service Life, and they changed the timing requirement to the next retest, instead of within three years. Click here to download the Aug. 29 Final Rule. *NOTICE: HM-24- Final Rulemaking December 9, 2005* This Final Rule becomes effective January 9, 2006. In this rulemaking, the DOT amends the definitions of "Hazmat Employee" and "Hazmat Employer" to include Self-Employed individuals; excludes Cylinder Retesters from the Safety Training requirement of 172.704(a)(3); replaces the term "Exemption" with "Special Permit", and allows for up to a 4 year renewal for Special Permits. Click here to download the Dec. 9 Final Rule. *NOTICE: DOT UPDATE October 26, 2005* In this SNPRM (Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rule Making) the DOT makes changes to the original NPRM of Sept. 10, 2003 (See Below). In addition to the requirements previously suggested, this SNPRM would set a 40-year service life to all 6351-T6 Aluminum Alloy cylinders, and include CO2 cylinders in the requirment to undergo a combined visual and eddy current examination in order to requalify under §180.205. Click here to download the Oct. 26 SNPRM.
	*NOTICE: HM-218 Final Rulemaking June 13, 2005* In this Final Rule, effective 8/12/2005, PHMSA (formerly RSPA) makes various changes. Most notable with regards to cylinder requalification are marking of condemned composite cylinders 180.205(i)(2)(ii), and the new section 180.212, which includes repair of damaged threads (only by a manufacturer). Click here to download the June 13 Final Rule.
	*NOTICE: HM-220E Proposed Rulemaking March 9, 2005* PHMSA proposes to amend the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to adopt standards for the design, construction, maintenance and use of cylinders and multiple-element gas containers (MEGCs) based on the standards contained in the United Nations (UN) Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods. Aligning the HMR with the UN Recommendations will promote flexibility, permit the use of technological advances for the manufacture of pressure receptacles, provide for a broader selection of pressure receptacles, reduce the need for exemptions, and facilitate international commerce in the transportation of compressed gases. Click here to download the March 9 NPRM *NOTICE: DOT UPDATE Sept. 10, 2003*

In this NPRM (Notice of Proposed Rule Making), the DOT proposes to require all 6351-T6 Aluminum Alloy cylinders to undergo a combined visual and eddy current examination in order to requalify under §180.205.

Click here to download the Sept. 10 NPRM.

DOWNLOAD THE NEW SECTIONS! (Version currently available: Oct. 1, 2005)

Go to our NEW CFR page to download the new sections direct from this website! Please note that the latest CFR versions, though they are published as of Oct. 1, are not available until well into the next year.

Updates

***NOTICE: ONLY ONE REPEATED TEST ALLOWED***

In this letter of "interpretation", the DOT says you can only repeat the test on a cylinder once. This is clearly a RULE CHANGE, not an interpretation. I have written a petition for reconsideration. Download the original letter from Bill McDonald, the DOT's response, and my rebuttal below:

Click here to download the Repeated Tests Letters.

***DOT Statement on Paintball Cylinders Sept. 15, 2000***

Hey! Now HERE is a GOOD response!!!

Get the 3HT letter on paintball cylinders.

Here's what the DOT has to say about paintball cylinders. (You're NOT going to like it!!)

Click here to download the Paintball Letter.

Comments and Opinions

***DOT HM220 Original draft of 1998***

Click here to see my comments to the original HM220 docket. (Includes discussion of Ultrasonic Examination.)