46 CFR § 164.009-1 - General.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s164.009-1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 164.009-1 - General."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "164.009-1"
section_name: "General."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "Q"
subchapter_name: "EQUIPMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND MATERIALS: SPECIFICATIONS AND APPROVAL"
part_number: "164"
part_name: "MATERIALS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703, 4302; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4."
cfr_part: "164"
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# 164.009-1 General.
(a) This subpart contains—
(1) Procedures for approval of noncombustible materials used in merchant vessel construction;
(2) The test and measurements required for approval of materials; and
(3) A list of noncombustible materials for which specific approval under this subpart is not required.
(b) The test and measurements described in this subpart are conducted by a laboratory designated by the Commandant. The following laboratories are so designated:
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., 333 Pfingsten Road, Northbrook, IL 60062
Dantest, National Institute for Testing and Verification, Amager Boulevard 115, DK 2300 Copenhagen S., Denmark
[CGD 74-129, 41 FR 41701, Sept. 23, 1976, as amended by CGD 86-035, 54 FR 36316, Sept. 1, 1989]