[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: 46CFR53.01-3]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 53_HEATING BOILERS--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart 53.01_General Requirements
 
Sec. 53.01-3  Adoption of section IV of the ASME Code.

    (a) Heating boilers shall be designed, constructed, inspected, 
tested, and stamped in accordance with section IV of the ASME (American 
Society of Mechanical Engineers) Code as limited, modified, or replaced 
by specific requirements in this part. The provisions in the appendices 
to section IV of the ASME Code are adopted and shall be followed when 
the requirements in section IV make them mandatory. For general 
information Table 53.01-1(a) lists the various paragraphs in section IV 
of the ASME Code which are limited, modified, or replaced by regulations 
in this part.

   Table 53.01-1(a)--Limitations and Modifications in the Adoption of
                       Section IV of the ASME Code
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  Paragraphs in section IV, ASME Code\1\
             and disposition                     Unit of this part
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HG-100 modified by.......................  53.01-5(b)
HG-101 replaced by.......................  53.01-10
HG-400 modified by.......................  53.05-1
HG-400.2 modified by.....................  53.05-2
HG-401 modified by.......................  53.05-1
HG-401.2 modified by.....................  53.05-3
HG-500 through HG-540 modified by........  53.10-3
HG-600 through HG-640 modified by........  53.12-1
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\1\The references to specific provisions in the ASME Code are coded. The
  first letter ``H'' refers to section IV. The letter following ``H''
  refers to a part or subpart in section IV. The number following the
  letters refers to the paragraph so numbered in the text of the part or
  subpart in section IV.

    (b) References to the ASME Code, such as paragraph HG-307, indicate:

H=Section IV, Heating Boilers, ASME Code.
G=Part containing general requirements.
3=Article in part.
307=Paragraph within Article 3.

    (c) When a paragraph or a section of the regulations in this part 
relates to material in section IV of the ASME Code, the relationship 
with the code will be shown immediately following the heading of the 
section or at the beginning of the paragraph as follows:
    (1) (Modifies H------.) This indicates that the material in H------ 
is generally applicable but is being altered, amplified or augmented.
    (2) (Replaces H------.) This indicates that H------ does not apply.
    (3) (Reproduces H------.) This indicates that H------ is being 
identically reproduced for convenience, not for emphasis.

[CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18826, Dec. 18, 1968, as amended by CGFR 69-127, 35 
FR 9976, June 17, 1970; CGD 81-79, 50 FR 9435, Mar. 8, 1985. 
Redesignated and amended by CGD 88-032, 56 FR 35821, July 29, 1991]