[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR31.01-20]

[Page 406]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 31_INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart 31.01_General
 
Sec. 31.01-20  Application for inspection of a new tank vessel or 

conversion of a vessel to a tank vessel--TB/ALL.

    Prior to the commencement of the construction of any new tank 
vessel, or prior to the commencement of the conversion of any vessel to 
a tank vessel, application for the approval of contract plans and 
specifications and for a certificate of inspection shall be made in 
writing to the Coast Guard and no such construction or conversion shall 
be proceeded with until such approval is granted. (See Sec. 31.10-1.)