46 CFR § 154.806 - Capacity of pressure relief valves.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s154.806"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 154.806 - Capacity of pressure relief valves."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "154.806"
section_name: "Capacity of pressure relief valves."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "O"
subchapter_name: "CERTAIN BULK DANGEROUS CARGOES"
part_number: "154"
part_name: "SAFETY STANDARDS FOR SELF-PROPELLED VESSELS CARRYING BULK LIQUEFIED GASES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "46 U.S.C. 3703, 9101; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1."
regulatory_source: "CGD 74-289, 44 FR 26009, May 3, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "154"
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# 154.806 Capacity of pressure relief valves.

Pressure relief valves for each cargo tank must have a combined relief capacity, including the effects of back pressure from vent piping, headers, and masts, to discharge the greater of the following with not more than a 20% rise in cargo tank pressure above the set pressure of the relief valves:

(a) The maximum capacity of an installed cargo tank inerting system if the maximum attainable working pressure of the cargo tank inerting system exceeds the set pressure of the relief valves.

(b) The quantity of vapors generated from fire exposure that is calculated under § 54.15-25 of this chapter.