---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 160.062-8"
title: "46"
number: "160.062-8"
heading: "Procedures for acceptance of testing facility."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/160.062-8"
---

# §160.062-8. Procedures for acceptance of testing facility.

- (a) The Commandant may consider the acceptance of a facility that conducts only the submergence test contained in [§ 160.062-4(c)(2)(i)](/cfr/46/160.062-4.md?p=c-2-i). Before a facility is accepted by the Commandant to conduct this test, it must be inspected by the cognizant Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, to determine if it has—
  - (1) The testing apparatus to perform the test required in [§ 160.062-4(c)(2)(i)](/cfr/46/160.062-4.md?p=c-2-i); and
  - (2) Employees competent to perform the test required in [§ 160.062-4(c)(2)(i)](/cfr/46/160.062-4.md?p=c-2-i). Each employee who is engaged in testing a device must demonstrate his competence to the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection by conducting a submergence test.
- (b) Based on the report of the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, regarding the inspection required in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, the Commandant notifies each applicant, in accordance with the procedures described in [§ 160.062-7(b)](/cfr/46/160.062-7.md?p=b), whether or not it is an accepted testing facility.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 73-153R, 40 FR 4422, Jan. 30, 1975]

### Source

Source: CGFR 68-32, 33 FR 5721, Apr. 12, 1968, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 3703, 4302; E.O. 12234; 45 FR 58801; 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; and DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Amendments

[CGD 73-153R, 40 FR 4422, Jan. 30, 1975]