---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 2.75-10"
title: "46"
number: "2.75-10"
heading: "Procedures for obtaining approvals."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/2.75-10"
---

# §2.75-10. Procedures for obtaining approvals.

- (a) The requirements for obtaining approvals of items covered by specifications and bearing official Coast Guard approval numbers are set forth in parts [159](/cfr/46/part159.md) through [164](/cfr/46/part164.md) of this chapter. For other items, the requirements are described in the regulations governing such items.
- (b) Unless otherwise specified, correspondence concerning approvals should be submitted electronically to typeapproval@uscg.mil. When plans, drawings, test data, etc., are required to be submitted by the manufacturer, the material being transmitted with the application should be clearly identified.
- (c) If the manufacturer requests that hard copy stamped plans be returned to them, or if product samples must be submitted, the plans or samples must be addressed to the Commandant (CG-ENG), Attn: Office of Design and Engineering Standards, U.S. Coast Guard Stop 7509, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20593-7509. When submitted, hard copy plans must be accompanied by electronic drawings or must be submitted in triplicate.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 76-048, 44 FR 73043, Dec. 17, 1979, as amended by CGD 82-063b, 48 FR 4781, Feb. 3, 1983; CGD 88-070, 53 FR 34533, Sept. 7, 1988; CGD 95-072, 60 FR 50459, Sept. 29, 1995; CGD 96-041, 61 FR 50725, Sept. 27, 1996; USCG-2020-0519, 89 FR 76695, Sept. 18, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1903; 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 2103, 2110, 3306, 3316, 3703, 70034; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277, sec. 1-105.

### Source

Source: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16604, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 76-048, 44 FR 73043, Dec. 17, 1979, as amended by CGD 82-063b, 48 FR 4781, Feb. 3, 1983; CGD 88-070, 53 FR 34533, Sept. 7, 1988; CGD 95-072, 60 FR 50459, Sept. 29, 1995; CGD 96-041, 61 FR 50725, Sept. 27, 1996; USCG-2020-0519, 89 FR 76695, Sept. 18, 2024]