1. Regulations
  2. title 46
  3. chapter I-i2
  4. part 78
  5. subpart 78.55
  6. § 78.55-1

Collapse to view only § 78.55-1 - Master and chief engineer responsible.

§ 78.55-1 - Master and chief engineer responsible.

It shall be the duty of the master and the engineer in charge of the boilers 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 inoperative.

[CGD 95-028, 62 FR 51205, Sept. 30, 1997]

AUTHORITY: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j); 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 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 16955, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 46 CFR 78.55-1