Regulations last checked for updates: May 03, 2025

Title 46 - Shipping last revised: Mar 17, 2025
§ 50.20-25 - Calculations.

(a) Calculations must be forwarded with plans submitted for approval and must clearly substantiate compliance with this subchapter. Care must be taken to identify sources of equations, factors and other information upon which the calculations are based.

(b) The results of the calculations, such as the maximum allowable working pressure (MAWP), test pressure, and safety device settings, must be clearly identified.

authority: 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; Section 50.01-20 also issued under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 3507.
source: CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18808, Dec. 18, 1968, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 46 CFR 50.20-25