---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 161.002-17"
title: "46"
number: "161.002-17"
heading: "Equivalents."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/161.002-17"
---

# §161.002-17. Equivalents.


The Commandant may approve any arrangement, fitting, appliance, apparatus, equipment, calculation, information, or test that provides a level of safety equivalent to that established by specific provisions of this subpart. Requests for approval must be submitted to Commandant (CG-ENG). If necessary, the Commandant may require engineering evaluations and tests to demonstrate the equivalence of the substitute.


## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 94-108, 61 FR 28292, June 4, 1996]

### Source

Source: CGFR 56-39, 21 FR 9032, Nov. 21, 1956, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

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

### Amendments

[CGD 94-108, 61 FR 28292, June 4, 1996]