[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of Octobery 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR30.01-15]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 30_GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart 30.01_Administration
 
Sec. 30.01-15  Effective date of regulations--TB/ALL.

    The regulations in this subchapter are not retroactive in effect 
unless specifically made so at the time the regulations are issued. 
Changes in specification requirements of articles of equipment, or 
materials used in construction of tank vessels, shall not apply to such 
items which have been passed as satisfactory until replacement shall 
become necessary, unless a specific finding is made that such equipment 
or material used is unsafe or hazardous and has to be removed from tank 
vessels.

[CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16657, Dec. 30, 1997, as amended by CGD 95-028, 62 FR 
51197, Sept. 30, 1997]