[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR189.20-15]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 189_INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart 189.20_Initial Inspection
 
Sec. 189.20-15  Scope of inspection.

    (a) The initial inspection, which may consist of a series of 
inspections during the construction of a vessel, shall include a 
complete inspection of the structure, machinery, and equipment, except 
scientific equipment which does not affect the safety of the vessel or 
personnel, but including the outside of the vessel's bottom, and the 
inside and outside of the boilers and unfired pressure vessels. The 
inspection shall be such as to insure that the arrangements, materials, 
and scantlings of the structure, boilers and other pressure vessels and 
their appurtenances, piping, main and auxiliary machinery, electrical 
installations, lifesaving appliances, fire detecting and extinguishing 
equipment, pilot boarding equipment, pollution prevention equipment, and 
other equipment fully comply with the applicable regulations for such 
vessel and are in accordance with approved plans, and determine that the 
vessel is in possession of a valid certificate issued by the Federal 
Communications Commission, if any. The inspection shall be such as to 
ensure that the workmanship of all parts of the vessel and its equipment 
is in all respects satisfactory and that the vessel is provided with 
lights, means of making sound signals, and distress signals as required 
by applicable statutes and regulations.
    (b) When equipment other than scientific equipment is installed 
which is not required by the applicable regulations in this subchapter, 
that equipment shall be inspected and tested as may be required for such 
equipment by

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the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, to assure safety.
    (1) The electrical or pressure connections to the ship's supply 
shall be designed to marine standards and shall be free of personnel 
hazards.
    (2) Scientific equipment will not be inspected but will be examined 
for external hazards associated with connection to the vessel, dangerous 
moving parts, extremes in temperature and shock.

[CGFR 67-83, 33 FR 1118, Jan. 27, 1968, as amended by CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 
18911, Dec. 18, 1968; CGD 71-161R, 37 FR 28263, Dec. 21, 1972; CGD 82-
036, 48 FR 654, Jan. 6, 1983; CGD 79-032, 49 FR 25455, June 21, 1984; 
CGD 95-012, 60 FR 48052, Sept. 18, 1995; 60 FR 50120, Sept. 28, 1995]