---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 160.170-5"
title: "46"
number: "160.170-5"
heading: "Incorporation by reference."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/160.170-5"
---

# §160.170-5. Incorporation by reference.

- (a) Certain material is incorporated by reference into this part with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register under 5 U.S.C. [552(a)](/usc/5/552.md?p=a) and [1](/usc/5/1.md) CFR [part 51](/cfr/46/part51.md). All approved incorporation by reference (IBR) material is available for inspection at Coast Guard Headquarters and at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Contact the Coast Guard at: Commandant (CG-ENG-4), U.S. Coast Guard Stop 7509, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20593-7509; or email typeapproval@uscg.mil or visit https://www.dco.uscg.mil/CG-ENG-4/. For information on the availability of this material at NARA, email: fr.inspection@nara.gov, or go to: www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html. The material may be obtained from the sources in the following paragraphs of this section.
- (b) American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), 100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959.
  - (1) ASTM A 36/A 36M-08, Standard Specification for Carbon Structural Steel, (approved May 15, 2008), IBR approved for [§ 160.170-7](/cfr/46/160.170-7.md) (“ASTM A 36”).
  - (2) ASTM A 276-08a, Standard Specification for Stainless Steel Bars and Shapes, (approved October 1, 2008), IBR approved for [§ 160.170-7](/cfr/46/160.170-7.md) (“ASTM A 276”).
  - (3) ASTM A 313/A 313M-08, Standard Specification for Stainless Steel Spring Wire, (approved October 1, 2008), IBR approved for [§ 160.170-7](/cfr/46/160.170-7.md) (“ASTM A 313”).
  - (4) ASTM A 314-08, Standard Specification for Stainless Steel Billets and Bars for Forging, (approved October 1, 2008), IBR approved for [§ 160.170-7](/cfr/46/160.170-7.md) (“ASTM A 314”).
  - (5) ASTM A 653/A 653M-08, Standard Specification for Steel Sheet, Zinc-Coated (Galvanized) or Zinc-Iron Alloy-Coated (Galvannealed) by the Hot-Dip Process, (approved July 15, 2008), IBR approved for §§ [160.170-7](/cfr/46/160.170-7.md), [160.170-13](/cfr/46/160.170-13.md), and [160.170-15](/cfr/46/160.170-15.md) (“ASTM A 653”).
  - (6) ASTM F 1166-07, Standard Practice for Human Engineering Design for Marine Systems, Equipment, and Facilities, (approved January 1, 2007), IBR approved for [§ 160.170-7](/cfr/46/160.170-7.md) (“ASTM F 1166”).
- (c) International Maritime Organization (IMO), Publications Section, 4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR, United Kingdom, + 44 (0)20 7735 7611, http://www.imo.org/.
  - (1) IMO Resolution A.760(18), Symbols Related to Life-Saving Appliances and Arrangements, (adopted November 4, 1993), IBR approved for [§ 160.170-19](/cfr/46/160.170-19.md) (“IMO Res. A.760(18)”).
  - (2) Life-Saving Appliances, including LSA Code, 2010 Edition, (2010), pages 7-71 (“IMO LSA Code”), IBR approved for §§ [160.170-3](/cfr/46/160.170-3.md) and [160.170-7](/cfr/46/160.170-7.md).
  - (3) Life-Saving Appliances, including LSA Code, 2010 Edition, (2010), Revised recommendation on testing of live-saving appliances, pages 79-254 (“IMO Revised recommendation on testing”), IBR approved for §§ [160.170-7](/cfr/46/160.170-7.md), [160.170-13](/cfr/46/160.170-13.md), [160.170-15](/cfr/46/160.170-15.md), and [160.170-17](/cfr/46/160.170-17.md).
  - (4) MSC/Circular 980, Standardized Life-saving Appliance Evaluation and Test Report Forms, (February 13, 2001), IBR approved for [§ 160.170-13](/cfr/46/160.170-13.md) (“IMO MSC Circ. 980”).
  - (5) MSC.1/Circular 1205, Guidelines for Developing Operation and Maintenance Manuals for Lifeboat Systems, (May 26, 2006), IBR approved for [§ 160.170-21](/cfr/46/160.170-21.md) (“IMO MSC.1 Circ. 1205”).

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2010-0048, 76 FR 63007, Oct. 11, 2011, as amended by USCG-2013-0671, 78 FR 60159, Sept. 30, 2013; USCG-2022-0323, 88 FR 10031, Feb. 16, 2023]

### Source

Source: USCG-2010-0048, 76 FR 63007, Oct. 11, 2011, 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

[USCG-2010-0048, 76 FR 63007, Oct. 11, 2011, as amended by USCG-2013-0671, 78 FR 60159, Sept. 30, 2013; USCG-2022-0323, 88 FR 10031, Feb. 16, 2023]
