---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 56.04-10"
title: "46"
number: "56.04-10"
heading: "Other systems."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/56.04-10"
---

# §56.04-10. Other systems.


Piping systems and appurtenances not requiring plan approval may be accepted by the marine inspector if:

- (a) The system is suitable for the service intended,
- (b) There are guards, shields, insulation and similar devices where needed for protection of personnel,
- (c) Failure of the systems would not hazard the vessel, personnel or vital systems, and
- (d) **The system is not manifestly unsafe.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 77-140, 54 FR 40602, Oct. 2, 1989]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j), 1509; 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18843, Dec. 18, 1968, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 77-140, 54 FR 40602, Oct. 2, 1989]