According to the Department of Transportation Motor Carrier Compliance, the placard for the fuel transfer tanks should be exhibited on orange panels which are placed on every side and end of a particular cargo tank which has a thousand gallon capacity or more. For tanks with less than a thousand gallon capacity, the placard can be placed for every side of the tanks. The vehicles which will transport more than one fuel substance have to present a placard which will display the fuel with the lowest level of flash point. The display for the fuel transfer tanks will guarantee that not a single individual can smoke or work with highest temperatures close to the transport tank if there is a possibility that it can explode or catch fire.

Furthermore, the home gas containers which are utilized as fuel transfer tanks for small amounts of fuel in lawn mowers and generators are also subject to the laws intended to protect the children. The legislation for the fuel transfer tanks mandates that Consumer Product Safety Commission will demand portable gasoline containers which are child-resistant. This will mean that a child-proof cap will be able to close completely and will not permit any considerable evaporation which would lead to burns if the child was playing with near close to the container.

The No Spill law for gas cans which is already introduced in some states of America is designed to limit the pollution and prevent accidents in the home and gas stations. This will require that all gas cans used as fuel transfer tanks consist of spill-proof technology which will prevent the escape of fuel in case the can will be dropped or jostled. Such kind of law will not be applicable to the citizen but to the manufacturing company of the gas cans. All fuel containers will have to be reviewed by a government agency in order to determine the safety as well as the viability of the fuel containers before they can be employed as fuel transfer tanks. This is to make sure that all the containers for the fuel which are sold in an area have met the necessary standards for safety before it actually reaches the public.