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Compressed Gas Cylinders: Marking, Labeling, Inspection, Testing, Filling, Disposition

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Portable compressed gas containers are subject to strict regulation throughout North America. In the United States, the Hazardous Materials Regulations of the Department of Transportation (DOT) apply. These are to be found in Title 49 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations. [1] In Canada, during the second half of the 1980s, the regulatory jurisdiction began a period of transition whereby authority for most of the areas of regulation concerning compressed gases was transferred from the Canadian Transport Commission (CTC) to Transport Canada (TC), the latter of which publishes the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations. [2] As part of this transition, Canada has adopted the Canadian Standards Association specification standard B339, Cylinders, Spheres and Tubes for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods, and CSA B340, Selection and Use of Cylinders, Spheres, Tubes and Other Containers for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods. [3] and [4]

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    Compressed Gas Association. (1990). Compressed Gas Cylinders: Marking, Labeling, Inspection, Testing, Filling, Disposition. In: Handbook of Compressed Gases. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0673-3_9

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