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Title 46ShippingPart / Section
Chapter ICoast Guard, Department of Homeland Security1 – 199
Subchapter OCertain Bulk Dangerous Cargoes150 – 155
Part 154Safety Standards for Self-Propelled Vessels Carrying Bulk Liquefied Gases154.1 – 154.1872
Subpart AGeneral154.1 – 154.40
Subpart BInspections and Tests154.150 – 154.151
Examination Requirements for Foreign Flag Vessels154.150 – 154.151
§ 154.150Examination required for a Certificate of Compliance.
§ 154.151Procedures for having the Coast Guard examine a vessel for a Certificate of Compliance.
Subpart CDesign, Construction and Equipment154.170 – 154.1440
Subpart DSpecial Design and Operating Requirements154.1700 – 154.1760
§ 154.1700Purpose.
§ 154.1702Materials of construction.
§ 154.1705Independent tank type C.
§ 154.1710Exclusion of air from cargo tank vapor spaces.
§ 154.1715Moisture control.
§ 154.1720Indirect refrigeration.
§ 154.1725Ethylene oxide.
§ 154.1730Ethylene oxide: Loading and off loading.
§ 154.1735Methyl acetylene-propadiene mixture.
§ 154.1740Vinyl chloride: Inhibiting and inerting.
§ 154.1745Vinyl chloride: Transferring operations.
§ 154.1750Butadiene or vinyl chloride: Refrigeration system.
§ 154.1755Nitrogen.
§ 154.1760Liquid ammonia.
Subpart EOperations154.1800 – 154.1872
Appendix A to Part 154
Equivalent Stress
Appendix B to Part 154
Stress Analyses Definitions