Regulations last checked for updates: Jun 18, 2024

Title 46 - Shipping last revised: Jun 12, 2024
§ 97.45-1 - Master and chief engineer responsible.

It shall be the duty of the master and the chief engineer of any vessel to require that a steam pressure is not carried in excess of that allowed by the certificate of inspection, and to require that the safety valves, once set by the inspector, are in no way tampered with or made inoperable.

[CGD 95-028, 62 FR 51207, Sept. 30, 1997]
authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j); 46 U.S.C. 2103,3306,5111,6101; 49 U.S.C. 5103,5106; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757; 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1
source: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 17011, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 46 CFR 97.45-1