[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: 46CFR31.05-1]

[Page 406-407]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 31_INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart 31.05_Certificates of Inspection
 
Sec. 31.05-1  Issuance of certificate of inspection--TB/ALL.


    (a) When a tank vessel is found to comply with all applicable 
regulations, including the applicable provisions of subchapters E, F, J, 
O, Q, S, and W of this chapter and of 33 CFR parts 104, 155, and 157, 
the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection will issue a certificate of 
inspection to the vessel or to its owners.
    (b) Certificates of inspection for tank vessels shall be similar in 
form to certificates issued to other cargo vessels, and in addition to 
the manning requirements and waters over which they may be operated, 
they shall be appropriately endorsed Inspected and approved for the 
carriage of flammable or combustible liquids of Grade A, B, C, D, or E 
(as the case may be), and such endorsement shall serve as a permit for 
such vessel to operate. The endorsement for the carriage of liquefied 
flammable gases is set forth in Sec. 38.01-5 of this subchapter.

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    (c) The certificate of inspection shall be delivered to the master 
or owner of the tank vessel to which it relates.

[CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16662, Dec. 30, 1965, as amended by CGD 73-96, 42 FR 
49024, Sept. 26, 1977; CGD 79-023, 48 FR 51006, Nov. 4, 1983; CGD 84-
069, 61 FR 25286, May 20, 1996; USCG-2003-14749, 68 FR 39314, July 1, 
2003]