---identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s32.70-25"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "46 CFR § 32.70-25 - Cargo tanks—TB/ALL."title_number: 46title_name: "Shipping"section_number: "32.70-25"section_name: "Cargo tanks—TB/ALL."chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"subchapter_number: "D"subchapter_name: "TANK VESSELS"part_number: "32"part_name: "SPECIAL EQUIPMENT, MACHINERY, AND HULL REQUIREMENTS"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-03-24"last_updated: "2026-03-24"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 3703, 3719; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4; Subpart 32.59 also issued under the authority of Sec. 4109, Pub. L. 101-380, 104 Stat. 515."regulatory_source: "CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16671, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "32"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t46/s32.70-25
Currency
2026-03-24
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-03-24
Chapter
Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
Authority
46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 3703, 3719; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4; Subpart 32.59 also issued under the authority of Sec. 4109, Pub. L.... 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 3703, 3719; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4; Subpart 32.59 also issued under the authority of Sec. 4109, Pub. L. 101-380, 104 Stat. 515.
# 32.70-25 Cargo tanks—TB/ALL.Cargo tanks shall comply with the conditions specified in §§ 32.65-30 and 32.65-35, and shall pass the tests required in § 32.65-40: *Provided, however,* That less than 15 inches around such tanks may be accepted if in the judgment of the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, making the inspection, a satisfactory inspection of the cargo tanks and hull structure can be made.