Regulations last checked for updates: Oct 17, 2024

Title 46 - Shipping last revised: Oct 15, 2024
§ 54.01-1 - Incorporation by reference.

Certain material is incorporated by reference into this part with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. To enforce any edition other than that specified in this section, the Coast Guard must publish a document in the Federal Register and the material must be available to the public. All approved incorporation by reference (IBR) material is available for inspection at the U.S. Coast Guard and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Contact U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters at: Commandant (CG-ENG), Attn: Office of Design and Engineering Standards, U.S. Coast Guard Stop 7509, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20593-7509; phone (202) 372-1375; email [email protected]. For information on the availability of this material at NARA, visit www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations or email [email protected]. The material may be obtained from the following sources:

(a) American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Two Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016-5990; 800-843-2763; [email protected]; www.asme.org.

(1) ASME BPVC.VIII.1-2019, 2019 ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII, Division 1, Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels, 2019 Edition, issued July 1, 2019 (“Section VIII of the ASME BPVC”); IBR approved for §§ 54.01-2; 54.01-5 (c), (e), and table 2; 54.01-18(b); 54.01-25(a); 54.01-30; 54.01-35(a), (b), and (e); 54.03-1; 54.05-1; 54.10-1; 54.10-3(b); 54.10-5(a), (b), and table 1; 54.10-10(b) and (e); 54.10-15(c); 54.15-1(a); 54.15-5(a); 54.15-10(e) and (h); 54.15-13(a); 54.20-1(a); 54.20-3(b), (c), and (d); 54.25-1; 54.25-3; 54.25-8(b); 54.25-10(b) and (c); 54.25-15; 54.25-20(b), (c), and (e); 54.30-3(c); 54.30-5(a); 54.30-10(a).

(2) [Reserved]

(b) ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959; 610-832-9500; [email protected]; www.astm.org.

(1) ASTM A20/A20M-19, Standard Specification for General Requirements for Steel Plates for Pressure Vessels, approved May 1, 2019 (“ASTM A20/A20M”); IBR approved for §§ 54.05-10(a); 54.25-10(b).

(2) ASTM A203/A203M-17, Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Nickel, approved November 1, 2017 (“ASTM A203/A203M”); IBR approved for § 54.05-20(b).

(3) ASTM A370-19, Standard Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products, approved July 1, 2019 (“ASTM A370”); IBR approved for § 54.25-20(b).

(4) ASTM E23-18, Standard Test Methods for Notched Bar Impact Testing of Metallic Materials, approved June 1, 2018 (“ASTM E23”); IBR approved for § 54.05-5(a).

(5) ASTM E208-19, Standard Test Method for Conducting Drop-Weight Test to Determine Nil-Ductility Transition Temperature of Ferritic Steels, approved October 1, 2019 (“ASTM E208”); IBR approved for § 54.05-5(b) and (c).

(c) Compressed Gas Association (CGA), 8484 Westpark Drive, Suite 220, McLean, VA 22012; 703-788-2700; www.cganet.com.

(1) CGA S-1.2-2009, Pressure Relief Device Standards—Part 2—Portable Containers for Compressed Gases, Ninth Edition, 2009 (“CGA S-1.2”); IBR approved for § 54.15-10(h).

(2) [Reserved]

(d) Manufacturers Standardization Society of the Valve and Fittings Industry, Inc. (MSS), 127 Park Street NE, Vienna, VA 22180-4602; 703-281-6613; www.msshq.org.

(1) ANSI/MSS SP-25-2018, Standard Marking System for Valves, Fittings, Flanges and Unions, published September 2018 (“MSS SP-25”); IBR approved for § 54.01-25(b).

(2) [Reserved]

[USCG-2003-16630, 73 FR 65164, Oct. 31, 2008, as amended by USCG-2009-0702, 74 FR 49228, Sept. 25, 2009; USCG-2012-0832, 77 FR 59777, Oct. 1, 2012; USCG-2012-0866, 78 FR 13249, Feb. 27, 2013; USCG-2013-0671, 78 FR 60148, Sept. 30, 2013]
authority: 33 U.S.C. 1509; 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3306,3703; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3
source: CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18828, Dec. 18, 1968, as amended by USCG-2020-0634, 89 FR 50104, June 12, 2024, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 46 CFR 54.01-1