---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 154.548"
title: "46"
number: "154.548"
heading: "Cargo piping: Flow capacity."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/154.548"
---

# §154.548. Cargo piping: Flow capacity.


Piping with an excess flow valve must have a vapor or liquid flow capacity that is greater than the rated closing flow under [§ 154.546](/cfr/46/154.546.md).


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3703, 9101; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 74-289, 44 FR 26009, May 3, 1979, unless otherwise noted.