[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: 49CFR451.3]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          CHAPTER IV--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 451--TESTING AND APPROVAL OF CONTAINERS--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart A--Approval of Existing Containers
 
Sec. 451.3  Action by Approval Authority.

    (a) The Approval Authority (or the Chief, Merchant Vessel Inspection 
Division, Office of Merchant Marine Safety, U.S. Coast Guard, if the 
application was submitted to the Coast Guard) issues to the owner a 
notice of approval or notifies the owner in writing that approval is 
denied, setting forth the deficiencies causing denial. Notification of 
approval entitles the owner to affix a safety approval plate to each 
container after an examination of each container concerned has been 
carried out in accordance with part 452 of this subchapter. In the case 
of an application submitted to the Coast Guard, the Chief, Merchant 
Vessel Inspection Division, Office of Merchant Marine Safety, U.S. Coast 
Guard acts on the application within 30 days of receipt of the 
application.

[45 FR 37214, June 2, 1980, as amended at 47 FR 50496, Nov. 8, 1982]