[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR50.25-5]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 50_GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents
 
       Subpart 50.25_Acceptance of Material and Piping Components
 
Sec. 50.25-5  Products requiring manufacturer or mill certification.

    (a) Products required to be certified by a manufacturer or by mill 
certificate shall be fabricated and tested in accordance with the 
applicable specifications. Such products will not normally be subject to 
mill inspection by the Coast Guard except as required by Sec. 50.25-7.
    (b) The Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, having cognizance over 
the installation of the products required to be certified shall ensure 
that adequate control has been exercised to identify the product with 
its manufacturer or mill certificate.
    (c) In the event that the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, 
determines that handling of a product has been such that proper 
identification is not possible, he may:
    (1) Require testing in his presence based on the applicable material 
or fabrication specification; or
    (2) Reject the product on the basis that it cannot be properly 
identified.
    (d) A product conforming to an acceptable material specification 
may, at the discretion of the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, be 
accepted without referring to its manufacturer or mill certification, 
if:
    (1) The product is marked in accordance with the identification 
marking requirements of the specification;
    (2) The marking alone is sufficient to identify that specification; 
and
    (3) In the opinion of the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, the 
application of the product does not require knowledge of the exact 
chemical analysis or mechanical properties enumerated on the 
manufacturer or mill certificate.

[CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18808, Dec. 18, 1968, as amended by CGD 77-140, 54 FR 
40598, Oct. 2, 1989]