Scuba Cylinders and Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations
Here are the hard and fast regulations that we must follow as gas blenders and safe divers. No cylinders will be overfilled more than 10% period. Here are the facts. FICTION: Fill Station Operators do not have to be trained FACT: The truth is that the US Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49, requires "Function Specific" training for all employees. If they fill cylinders they need Fill Station Operator training. In Canada the rules are even more specific. Transport Canada regulation CSA-B340 requires that persons filling containers be trained although it does not specify the exact nature of that training. FICTION: The Code of Federal Regulations is not law . FACT: While technically true, 44 USC 1507 (public law) requires that the Federal Register be “judicially noticed”, that is, recognized by the courts as law. All aspects of the CFR have been first printed in the Federal Register and the CFR is prima facie evidence of the text