[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 6]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR451.1]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
        CHAPTER IV--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 451_TESTING AND APPROVAL OF CONTAINERS--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart A_Approval of Existing Containers
 
Sec.  451.1  Application for approval.


    (a) Any owner of an existing container may apply for approval to the 
Commandant (G-MSO), U.S. Coast Guard, Washington, DC 20593 or to any 
Approval Authority.
    (b) Each application must include the following for each container:
    (1) Date and place of manufacture.
    (2) Manufacturer's identification number, if available.
    (3) Maximum operating gross weight capacity.

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    (4) Allowable stacking weight for 1.8G (1.8xGross weight in 
kilograms or pounds).

    Note: This value is the total load the container is designed to 
support when subjected to a vertical acceleration of 1.8G.

    (5) A statement that the owner possesses documentary evidence that:
    (i) Container of this type has been safely used in marine or inland 
transport for a period of at least two years; or
    (ii) The container was manufactured to a design type which had been 
tested and found to comply with the technical conditions set out in 
Annex II to the convention with the exception of those technical 
conditions relating to the end-wall and side-wall strength tests; or
    (iii) The container was constructed to standards that were 
equivalent to the technical conditions set out in Annex II to the 
convention with the exception of those technical conditions relating to 
end-wall and side-wall strength tests.
    (6) A certification by the owner, or, if the owner is a corporation, 
partnership or unincorporated association, by a person authorized to 
make such statements for the organization, that the information provided 
in the application is true and correct.

[45 FR 37214, June 2, 1980, as amended at 47 FR 50496, Nov. 8, 1982; 69 
FR 58352, Sept. 30, 2004]