[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR450.14]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          CHAPTER IV--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 450--GENERAL--Table of Contents
 
       Subpart B--Procedure for Delegation to Approval Authorities
 
Sec. 450.14  Conditions of delegation.

    (a) The following conditions are part of every delegation: (1) The 
Approval Authority shall use only testing equipment that it has 
determined by inspection to be suitable for the purpose.
    (2) All approval numbers issued by the Approval Authority must 
contain the identification code, assigned to the Approval Authority by 
the Chief, Merchant Vessel Inspection Division, Office of Merchant 
Marine Safety, U.S. Coast Guard.
    (3) Each Approval Authority shall maintain the following records for 
a period of at least 15 years from the date of approval. (When the 
Approval Authority's delegation is withdrawn before such time, the 
records relating to the approvals issued within the prior 15 years must 
be turned over to the Chief, Merchant Vessel Inspection Division, Office 
of Merchant Marine Safety, U.S. Coast Guard):
    (i) Each notice of approval issued.
    (ii) A copy of the application and final approved drawings (if 
applicable) to which each approval refers.
    (iii) The manufacturer's serial numbers and the owner's 
identification numbers of all containers covered by each approval.
    (4) Each Approval Authority shall establish and make available to 
the public a schedule of fees for the approval

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services performed under these regulations. The fees must not be 
disproportionate to the costs (including transportation expense, if any) 
actually incurred.
    (5) The Approval Authority shall grant the Coast Guard the right to 
inspect records and shall cooperate in the conduct of such inspections.
    (6) The Approval Authority shall comply with any other term or 
condition stated in its letter of delegation.

[45 FR 37213, June 2, 1980, as amended at 47 FR 50496, Nov. 8, 1982]