[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: 46CFR61.05-15]

[Page 289]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 61_PERIODIC TESTS AND INSPECTIONS--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart 61.05_Tests and Inspections of Boilers
 
Sec. 61.05-15  Boiler mountings and attachments.

    (a) Each valve shall be opened and examined by the marine inspector 
at the interval specified in Table 61.05-10.
    (b) Each stud or bolt for each boiler mounting that paragraph (c) of 
this section requires to be removed may be examined by the marine 
inspector.
    (c)(1) Each boiler mounting may be removed from the boiler and be 
examined by the marine inspector at the interval specified by Table 
61.05-10 when any of the following conditions exist:
    (2) Where boiler mountings or valves are attached to boiler nozzles 
and a satisfactory internal examination of these mountings or valves and 
their attaching studs, bolts, or other means of attachment, can be 
performed by opening up the valves, such mountings or valves need not be 
removed from the boiler unless in the opinion of the Officer in Charge, 
Marine Inspection, such action is necessary.
    (d) The Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, may require the 
examinations prescribed in this section to be made at more frequent 
intervals, if in his opinion such action is necessary to be assured of 
the safety of the boiler and its attachments.
    (e) Water columns, gage glasses, and gage cocks shall be examined to 
determine that they are in satisfactory working order.
    (f) Each steam gauge for a boiler or a main steam line may be 
examined and checked for accuracy by the marine inspector at the 
interval specified by Table 61.05-10.
    (g) Each fusible plug may be examined by the marine inspector at the 
interval specified by Table 61.05-10.

[CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18890, Dec. 18, 1968, as amended by CGFR 69-127, 35 
FR 9980, June 17, 1970; CGD 83-043, 60 FR 24782, May 10, 1995]