[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: 46CFR64.77]

[Page 322]
 
                           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 E_Periodic Inspections and Tests of MPTs
 
Sec. 64.77  Inspection and test.


    For the handling and stowage requirements in Sec. 98.30-3 of this 
chapter, each MPT must pass the following inspections and tests 
conducted by the owner or the owner's representative:
    (a) Pressure relief and vacuum relief devices must be inspected one 
time or more during each 12 month period of service in accordance with 
Sec. 64.79.
    (b) An MPT must be inspected during the 30 months before any month 
in which it is in service in accordance with Sec. 64.81.
    (c) An MPT must pass a hydrostatic test in accordance with Sec. 
64.83 during the 60 months before any month in which it is in service.
    (d) After each welded repair, an MPT must pass a hydrostatic test in 
accordance with Sec. 64.83.

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