[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: 46CFR59.01-5]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 59_REPAIRS TO BOILERS, PRESSURE VESSELS AND APPURTENANCES--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart 59.01_General Requirements
 
Sec. 59.01-5  Repairs, replacements, or alterations.

    (a) No repairs, replacements, or alterations, except emergency 
repairs, shall be made to boilers, pressure vessels, their mountings or 
internal fittings, safety valves, piping systems, or pressure appliances 
without prior approval by the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection.
    (b) Emergency repairs, replacements, or alterations shall be 
reported as soon as practicable to the Officer in Charge, Marine 
Inspection, at or nearest the first port where the vessel may call after 
such repairs are made.
    (c) Plan approval shall be obtained from the Officer in Charge, 
Marine Inspection, for all alterations to systems in service as listed 
in Sec. 56.01-10(c) of this subchapter and those items listed in 
paragraph (a) of this section.
    (d) Repairs, replacements, or alterations to machinery or items not 
covered by other sections of this part shall

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be made in a manner consistent with the part of this subchapter 
containing the construction standards for the item in question.
    (e) Where applicable, manufacturers' instruction books, manuals, 
etc., and the Mechanical Injury Section, paragraphs C4.401 through 
C4.427 of section VII of the ASME Code, shall be used for guidance.