---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 176.812"
title: "46"
number: "176.812"
heading: "Pressure vessels and boilers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/176.812"
---

# §176.812. Pressure vessels and boilers.

- (a) Pressure vessels must be tested and inspected in accordance with [part 61](/cfr/46/part61.md), [subpart 61.10](/cfr/46/subpart61.10.md), of this chapter.
- (b) Periodic inspection and testing requirements for boilers are contained in [§ 61.05](/cfr/46/61.05.md) in subchapter F of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 953, Jan. 10, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 51356, Sept. 30, 1997; USCG-1999-4976, 65 FR 6508, Feb. 9, 2000]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j); 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3205, 3306, 3307; 49 U.S.C. App. 1804; E.O. 11735, 38 FR 21243, 3 CFR, 1971-1975 Comp., p. 743; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 85-080, 61 FR 953, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 953, Jan. 10, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 51356, Sept. 30, 1997; USCG-1999-4976, 65 FR 6508, Feb. 9, 2000]