---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 130.480"
title: "46"
number: "130.480"
heading: "Test procedure and operations manual."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/130.480"
---

# §130.480. Test procedure and operations manual.

- (a) A procedure for tests to be conducted on automated equipment by the operator and the Coast Guard must be submitted to comply with [§ 127.110](/cfr/46/127.110.md) of this subchapter.
- (b) **The procedure for tests must—**
  - (1) Be in a sequential-checkoff format;
  - (2) Include the required alarms, controls, and communications; and
  - (3) **Set forth details of the tests.**
- (c) Details of the tests must specify status of equipment, functions necessary to complete the tests, and expected results.
- (d) No tests may simulate conditions by misadjustments, artificial signals, or improper wiring.
- (e) A detailed operations manual that describes the operation and indicates the location of each system installed to comply with this part must be submitted to comply with [§ 127.110](/cfr/46/127.110.md) of this subchapter.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1. Sections 130.140 and 130.400 also issued under sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905.

### Source

Source: CGD 82-004 and CGD 86-074, 62 FR 49337, Sept. 19, 1997, unless otherwise noted.