[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: 49CFR452.7]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          CHAPTER IV--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 452--EXAMINATION OF CONTAINERS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 452.7  Continuous examination program.

    (a) In lieu of a periodic examination under Sec. 452.1, each owner 
of an approved container meeting Sec. 450.5 may examine the container or 
have it examined

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using an approved continuous examination program. An owner must submit 
the continuous examination program for approval to the Commandant (G-
MVI), United States Coast Guard, 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20593. When submitting a continuous examination program for approval the 
owner must show the continuous examination complies with Sec. 452.9.
    (b) The owner must mark the container with the letters ``ACEP/USA/
(year continuous examination program is approved)'' to indicate the 
container is being periodically examined under an approved continuous 
examination program. This marking must be as close as practicable to the 
safety approval plate. This marking must be on all containers covered by 
a continuous examination program by January 1, 1987.
    (c) The owner of containers subject to this section shall have those 
containers examined in accordance with the program prescribed in this 
section regardless of whether the examinations are performed within or 
outside the United States.

(The information collection requirements contained in paragraphs (a) and 
(b) have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget under OMB 
control number 2115-0094)

[49 FR 15562, Apr. 19, 1984]