46 CFR § 58.60-2 - Alternatives and substitutions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s58.60-2"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 58.60-2 - Alternatives and substitutions."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "58.60-2"
section_name: "Alternatives and substitutions."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "MARINE ENGINEERING"
part_number: "58"
part_name: "MAIN AND AUXILIARY MACHINERY AND RELATED SYSTEMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4."
regulatory_source: "CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18878, Dec. 18, 1968, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "58"
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# 58.60-2 Alternatives and substitutions.
(a) The Coast Guard may accept substitutes for fittings, material, apparatus, equipment, arrangements, calculations, and tests required in this subpart if the substitute provides an equivalent level of safety.
(b) In any case where it is shown to the satisfaction of the Commandant that the use of any particular equipment, apparatus, arrangement, or test is unreasonable or impracticable, the Commandant may permit the use of alternate equipment, apparatus, arrangement, or test to such an extent and upon such condition as will insure, to his satisfaction, a degree of safety consistent with the minimum standards set forth in this subpart.