[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR176.702]

[Page 218]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 176--INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart G--Repairs and Alterations
 
Sec. 176.702  Installation tests and inspections.

    Whenever a launching appliance, survival craft, rescue boat, fixed 
gas fire extinguishing system, machinery, fuel tank, or pressure vessel 
is installed aboard a vessel after completion of the initial inspection 
for certification of the vessel, as replacement equipment or as a new 
installation, the owner or managing operator shall conduct the tests and 
make the vessel ready for the inspections required by Sec. 176.402(d) to 
the satisfaction of the cognizant OCMI.