---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 56.50-97"
title: "46"
number: "56.50-97"
heading: "Piping for instruments, control, and sampling (modifies 122.3)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/56.50-97"
---

# §56.50-97. Piping for instruments, control, and sampling (modifies 122.3).

- (a) Piping for instruments, control, and sampling must comply with paragraph 122.3 of ASME B31.1 (incorporated by reference; see [§ 56.01-2](/cfr/46/56.01-2.md)) except that:
  - (1) Soldered type fittings may not be used.
  - (2) The outside diameter of takeoff connections may not be less than 0.840 inches for service conditions up to 900 psig or 800 °F, and 1.050 inches for conditions that exceed either of these limits.
- (b) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18843, Dec. 18, 1968, as amended by CGFR 69-127, 35 FR 9978, June 17, 1970; CGD 73-254, 40 FR 40165, Sept. 2, 1975; 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 73-254, 40 FR 40165, Sept. 2, 1975; USCG-2003-16630, 73 FR 65178, Oct. 31, 2008]