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Levin P. Dutton wrote:
> 
> Rick Dusch wrote:
> >
> > Look dumn FUCK!
> > Before you call someone clueless you better now what the fuck your
> > talking about, DOT REGS DO NOT APPLY TO PRIVETLY OWNED SCUBA CYLINDERS
> >
> 
> Really think so? Isn't that a DOT specification stamped on the top of
> your tanks (unless of course you don't have any that were made anywhere
> in North America). But, ANYTHING that goes over a PUBLIC HIGHWAY is
> subject to DOT regulations, ESPECIALLY IF THAT CAN or ARE CLASSED AS A
> HAZARDOUS MATERIAL (of which compressed gas cyliners ARE. Don't believe
> me, them find the Code of Federal Regulations on the internet,
> specifically 49 CFR Parts 171 and 172. Or contact the motor carrier
> safety inspection section of your local state police. The states are
> reguired to enact or adopt standards AT LEAST as stringent as the
> federal regs, or the state program is not recognized and the feds take
> over. Remember the chicken nugget factory fire in North Carolina where
> the feds took over OSHA in NC until they got their act together and
> recertified their programs?
> 
>   BTW, have an accident with a compressed gas cylinder that damages more
> than your personal property or person, you can then have a change to
> tell it to the investigators that "DOT REGS DO NOT APPLY TO PRIVETLY
> OWNED SCUBA CYLINDERS".
> 
> L.P.


The DOT stamps on scuba cylinders are the certification marks for the
manufacturer saying that there product meets DOT saftey requirments

and a far as OSHA goes your so far off base there it's not worth 
wasting time with, so get a clue and go pass this shit around rec.scuba
theres some dumn fucks there that will believe you, and i get a kick out
of readin it..........RD
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