---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 56.50-10"
title: "46"
number: "56.50-10"
heading: "Special gauge requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/56.50-10"
---

# §56.50-10. Special gauge requirements.

- (a) Where pressure-reducing valves are employed, a pressure gauge must be provided on the low-pressure side of the reducing station.
- (b) Fuel oil service and transfer, fire, cargo, and boiler feed pumps must be provided with a discharge pressure gage. Additional information pertaining to fire pumps is in [§ 34.10-5](/cfr/46/34.10-5.md) of subchapter D, [§ 76.10-5](/cfr/46/76.10-5.md) of subchapter H, [§ 95.10-5](/cfr/46/95.10-5.md) of subchapter I, and [§ 108.417](/cfr/46/108.417.md) of subchapter IA, all of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18843, Dec. 18, 1968, as amended by CGFR 69-127, 35 FR 9978, June 17, 1970; CGD 73-251, 43 FR 56799, Dec. 4, 1978; USCG-2003-16630, 73 FR 65178, Oct. 31, 2008]

### Source

Source: CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18843, Dec. 18, 1968, as amended by USCG-2020-0634, 89 FR 50131, June 12, 2024, unless otherwise noted.

### 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

[CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18843, Dec. 18, 1968, as amended by CGFR 69-127, 35 FR 9978, June 17, 1970; CGD 73-251, 43 FR 56799, Dec. 4, 1978; USCG-2003-16630, 73 FR 65178, Oct. 31, 2008]