1. Regulations
  2. title 46
  3. chapter I-i4
  4. part 154
  5. subpart C
  6. subjgrp 79
  7. § 154.420

View all text of Subjgrp 79 [§ 154.418 - § 154.421]

§ 154.420 - Tank design.

(a) The structure of an integral tank must meet the deep tank scantling standards of the American Bureau of Shipping published in “Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels”, 1981.

(b) The structure of an integral tank must be designed and shown by calculation to withstand the internal pressure determined under § 154.407.

[CGD 74-289, 44 FR 26009, May 3, 1979, as amended by CGD 77-069, 52 FR 31630, Aug. 21, 1987]

AUTHORITY: 46 U.S.C. 3703, 9101; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

SOURCE: CGD 74-289, 44 FR 26009, May 3, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 46 CFR 154.420