[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: 49CFR452.7]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
        CHAPTER IV--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 452_EXAMINATION OF CONTAINERS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  452.7  Continuous examination program.

    (a) In lieu of a periodic examination under Sec.  452.1, each owner 
of an approved container meeting Sec.  450.5 may examine the container 
or have it examined using an approved continuous examination program. An 
owner must submit the continuous examination program for approval to the 
Commandant (G-MSO), United States Coast Guard, 2100 Second Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20593. When submitting a continuous examination program 
for approval the owner must show the continuous examination complies 
with Sec.  452.9.
    (b) The owner must mark the container with the letters ``ACEP/USA/
(year continuous examination program is approved)'' to indicate the 
container is being periodically examined under an approved continuous 
examination program. This marking must be as close as practicable to the 
safety approval plate. This marking must be on all containers covered by 
a continuous examination program by January 1, 1987.
    (c) The owner of containers subject to this section shall have those 
containers examined in accordance with the program prescribed in this 
section regardless of whether the examinations are performed within or 
outside the United States.

(The information collection requirements contained in paragraphs (a) and 
(b) have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget under OMB 
control number 1625-0024)

[49 FR 15562, Apr. 19, 1984, as amended at 69 FR 58353, Sept. 30, 2004]