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DOT/NHTSA RIN: 2127-AF14 Publication ID: Spring 1997 
Title: Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Fuel Containers 
Abstract: The agency amended the standards for Fuel System Integrity of Compressed Natural Gas Vehicles and Compressed Natural Gas Fuel containers to allow any appropriate fuel to be used for the bonfire test for compressed natural gas (CNG) containers and added new labeling requirements for CNG vehicles and containers. The agency also terminates rulemaking on additional performance requirements for CNG containers that had been proposed. Rulemaking may be resumed once revisions to the current voluntary industry standard for CNG containers are completed. In response to petitions for reconsideration, the agency modified the labeling requirements with respect to the inspection interval and deleted reference to certain pamphlets. 
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 571.303   
Legal Authority: 49 USC 322    49 USC 30111    49 USC 30115    49 USC 30117    49 USC 30166   
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  12/29/1993  58 FR 68846   
NPRM Comment Period End  01/28/1994    
Partial Final Rule Effective 03/27/95  09/26/1994  59 FR 49010   
Comment Period End 02/17/95  12/19/1994  59 FR 65299   
Final Action  11/24/1995  60 FR 57943   
Final Action Effective  09/01/1996    
Additional Information: Response to petitions for reconsideration published September 6, 1996, 61 FR 47086. No other petitions were received. ^PANALYSIS: Regulatory Evaluation, 11/24/95, 60 FR 57943
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
Leon DeLarm
Division Chief, Special Vehicles and Systems Division
Department of Transportation
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
400 Seventh Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20590
Phone:202 366-4920