[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: 46CFR31.40-45]

[Page 420-421]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 31_INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
Subpart 31.40_Certificates Under International Convention for Safety of 
                            Life at Sea, 1974
 
Sec. 31.40-45  American Bureau of Shipping--T/ALL.

    (a) The American Bureau of Shipping, with its home office at ABS 
Plaza, 16855 Northchase Drive, Houston, TX 77060, is hereby designated 
as an organization duly authorized to issue the Cargo Ship Safety 
Construction Certificate to certain tankships on behalf of the United 
States of America as provided in Regulation 12, chapter I, of the 
International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, and executive 
order 12234 and the certificate shall be subject to the requirements in 
this subpart. The American Bureau of Shipping is authorized to place the 
official seal of the United States of America on the certificate. This 
designation and delegation to the American Bureau of Shipping shall be 
in effect from May 26, 1965, until terminated by proper authority and 
notice of cancellation is published in the Federal Register.
    (b) At the option of the owner or agent of a tankship on an 
international voyage and on direct application to the American Bureau of 
Shipping, the Bureau may issue to such tankship a Cargo Ship Safety 
Construction Certificate, having a period of validity of not more than 
60 months after ascertaining that the tankship:
    (1) Has met the applicable requirements of the Convention; and,
    (2) Is currently classed by the Bureau and classification 
requirements have been dealt with to the satisfaction of the Bureau.
    (c) When the Bureau determines that a tankship to which it has 
issued a Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate no longer complies 
with the Bureau's applicable requirements for classification, the Bureau 
shall immediately furnish to the Coast Guard all relevant information, 
which will be

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used by the Coast Guard to determine whether or not to withdraw, revoke 
or suspend the Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate.

[CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16662, Dec. 30, 1965, as amended by CGD 90-008, 55 FR 
30660, July 26, 1990; CGD 96-041, 61 FR 50726, Sept. 27, 1996; USCG-
2000-7790, 65 FR 58459, Sept. 29, 2000]