---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 160.171-3"
title: "46"
number: "160.171-3"
heading: "Incorporation by reference."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/160.171-3"
---

# §160.171-3. Incorporation by reference.


Certain material is incorporated by reference into this subpart with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register in accordance with 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 the 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; email typeapproval@uscg.mil or visit www.dco.uscg.mil/CG-ENG-4/. For information on the availability of this material at NARA, visit: www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html or email: fr.inspection@nara.gov. The material may be obtained from the following sources:

- (a) **ASTM International (ASTM).** 100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959; phone: +1 610 832 9500; email: service@astm.org; web: www.astm.org.
  - (1) ASTM B117-97, Standard Practice for Operating Salt Spray (Fog) Apparatus (“ASTM B117”); IBR approved for [§ 160.171-17(k)](/cfr/46/160.171-17.md?p=k).
  - (2) ASTM C177-85 (1993), Standard Test Method for Steady-State Heat Flux Measurements and Thermal Transmission Properties by Means of the Guarded-Hot-Plate Apparatus (“ASTM C177”); IBR approved for [§ 160.171-17(e)](/cfr/46/160.171-17.md?p=e).
  - (3) ASTM C518-91, Standard Test Method for Steady-State Heat Flux Measurements and Thermal Transmission Properties by Means of the Heat Flow Meter Apparatus (“ASTM C518”); IBR approved for [§ 160.171-17(e)](/cfr/46/160.171-17.md?p=e).
  - (4) ASTM D975-14, Standard Specification for Diesel Fuel Oils, approved February 1, 2014 (“ASTM D975”); IBR approved for [§ 160.171-17(p)](/cfr/46/160.171-17.md?p=p).
  - (5) ASTM D1004-94a, Standard Test Method for Initial Tear Resistance of Plastic Film and Sheeting (“ASTM D1004”); IBR approved for [§ 160.171-17(n)](/cfr/46/160.171-17.md?p=n).
- (b) **General Services Administration (GSA).** email: GSAStandards@gsa.gov; web: https://fedspecs.gsa.gov/s/federal-specifications.
  - (1) **Federal Test Method Standard No.** 191a dated July 20, 1978, Method 5304.1, Abrasion Resistance of Cloth, Oscillatory Cylinder (Wyzenbeek) Method, dated July 9, 1971 (“Federal Test Method Standard 191, Method 5304.1”); IBR approved for [§ 160.171-17(o)](/cfr/46/160.171-17.md?p=o).
  - (2) **Federal Standard No.** 751a, Stitches, Seams, and Stitchings, dated January 25, 1965 (“Federal Standard No. 751”); IBR approved for [§ 160.171-9(c)](/cfr/46/160.171-9.md?p=c).
- (c) **National Institution of Standards and Technology (NIST) (formerly National Bureau of Standards).** U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institution of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899; phone: (301) 975-2000; web: www.nist.gov.
  - (1) **National Bureau of Standards Special Publication 440—** Color, Universal Language and Dictionary of Names; December 1976 (“National Bureau of Standards Publication 440”); IBR approved for [§ 160.171-9(h)](/cfr/46/160.171-9.md?p=h). (Available at https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nbsspecialpublication440.pdf)
  - (2) [Reserved]
- (d) **Underwriters Laboratories (UL).** 1850 M. St. NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC, District of Columbia, 20036-5833; phone: (202) 296-7840; fax: (202) 872-1576; web: www.ul.com.
  - (1) UL 1191, Standard for Components for Personal Flotation Devices, First Edition, as revised March 29, 1977; IBR approved for [§ 160.171-17(h)](/cfr/46/160.171-17.md?p=h).
  - (2) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2020-0519, 89 FR 76702, Sept. 18, 2024]

### Source

Source: CGD 84-069a, 52 FR 1188, Jan. 12, 1987, 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-2020-0519, 89 FR 76702, Sept. 18, 2024]