46 CFR § 153.4 - Incorporation by reference.

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title: "46 CFR § 153.4 - Incorporation by reference."
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section_number: "153.4"
section_name: "Incorporation by reference."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
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subchapter_name: "CERTAIN BULK DANGEROUS CARGOES"
part_number: "153"
part_name: "SHIPS CARRYING BULK LIQUID, LIQUEFIED GAS, OR COMPRESSED GAS HAZARDOUS MATERIALS"
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authority: "46 U.S.C. 3703; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1. Section 153.40 issued under 49 U.S.C. 5103. Sections 153.470 through 153.491, 153.1100 through 153.1132, and 153.1600 through 153.1608 also issued under 33 U.S.C. 1903 (b)."
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# 153.4 Incorporation by reference.

(a) Certain material is incorporated by reference into this part with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a). To enforce any edition other than that specified in paragraph (b) of this section, the Coast Guard must publish notice of change in the *Federal Register* and make the material available to the public. All approved material is on file at Coast Guard Headquarters. Contact Commandant (CG-ENG), Attn: Office of Design and Engineering Systems, U.S. Coast Guard Stop 7509, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20593-7509; or contact the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to: *http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_locations.html.* All material is available from the sources indicated in paragraph (b) of this section.

(b) American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 West 43rd Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10036, *http://www.ansi.org.*

(1) ANSI B16.5, Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings, 1988, incorporation by reference approved for § 153.940.

(2) ANSI B16.24, Bronze Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings, 1979, incorporation by reference approved for § 153.940.

(3) ANSI B16.31, Non-Ferrous Flanges, 1971, incorporation by reference approved for § 153.940.

(c) American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, 877-909-2786, *http://www.astm.org.*

(1) ASTM F 1122-87 (1992), Standard Specification for Quick Disconnect Couplings, incorporation by reference approved for § 153.940.

(2) ASTM F1271-90 (Reapproved 2012), Standard Specification for Spill Valves for Use in Marine Tank Liquid Overpressure Protections Applications (approved May 1, 2012), incorporation by reference approved for § 153.365.

[CGD 88-032, 56 FR 35826, July 29, 1991, as amended by CGD 96-041, 61 FR 50732, Sept. 27, 1996; CGD 97-057, 62 FR 51048, Sept. 30, 1997; USCG-1999-5151, 64 FR 67183, Dec. 1, 1999; 69 FR 18803, Apr. 9, 2004; USCG-2012-0832, 77 FR 59784, Oct. 1, 2012; USCG-2012-0866, 78 FR 13251, Feb. 27, 2013; USCG-2013-0671, 78 FR 60155, Sept. 30, 2013]