[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: 46CFR64.13]

[Page 319]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 64_MARINE PORTABLE TANKS AND CARGO HANDLING SYSTEMS--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart B_Standards for an MPT
 
Sec. 64.13  Allowable stress; tank.

    (a) The calculated stress in the tank under design conditions, 
including dynamic loading conditions applied simultaneously, must not 
exceed the allowable stress listed in Division 1 of section VIII of the 
ASME Code, for a design temperature of 122 [deg]F.
    (b) The calculated stress in the tank at test pressure must not 
exceed 75 percent of the minimum yield stress, \1\ or 37.5 percent of 
the minimum tensile stress \1\ of the material, whichever is less.
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    \1\ Listed in Division 1 of section VIII of the ASME Code.

[CGD 73-172, 39 FR 22950, June 25, 1974, as amended by CGD 84-043, 55 FR 
37410, Sept. 11, 1990]