46 CFR § 30.01-15 - Effective date of regulations—TB/ALL.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s30.01-15"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 30.01-15 - Effective date of regulations—TB/ALL."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "30.01-15"
section_name: "Effective date of regulations—TB/ALL."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "TANK VESSELS"
part_number: "30"
part_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 3703; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4."
regulatory_source: "CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16657, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "30"
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# 30.01-15 Effective date of regulations—TB/ALL.
The regulations in this subchapter are not retroactive in effect unless specifically made so at the time the regulations are issued. Changes in specification requirements of articles of equipment, or materials used in construction of tank vessels, shall not apply to such items which have been passed as satisfactory until replacement shall become necessary, unless a specific finding is made that such equipment or material used is unsafe or hazardous and has to be removed from tank vessels.
[CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16657, Dec. 30, 1997, as amended by CGD 95-028, 62 FR 51197, Sept. 30, 1997]