46 CFR § 159.007-5 - Production inspections and tests: Application for acceptance.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s159.007-5"
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title: "46 CFR § 159.007-5 - Production inspections and tests: Application for acceptance."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "159.007-5"
section_name: "Production inspections and tests: Application for acceptance."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "Q"
subchapter_name: "EQUIPMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND MATERIALS: SPECIFICATIONS AND APPROVAL"
part_number: "159"
part_name: "APPROVAL OF EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4; Section 159.001-9 also issued under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 3507."
regulatory_source: "CGD 76-048, 44 FR 73043, Dec. 17, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
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# 159.007-5 Production inspections and tests: Application for acceptance.

(a) If the applicable subpart requires production inspections and tests by an independent laboratory, the manufacturer must select a laboratory and submit an application for acceptance that meets § 159.010-5(a) unless the laboratory—

(1) Is listed in the subpart; or

(2) Is accepted by the Commandant for approval inspections and tests of the equipment or material under § 159.005-7(a)(1).

(b) If the manufacturer wants to follow the laboratory's procedures for production inspections and tests instead of meeting the Coast Guard procedures under this subchapter, the application must contain a description of those procedures.