---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 56.70-3"
title: "46"
number: "56.70-3"
heading: "Limitations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/56.70-3"
---

# §56.70-3. Limitations.


Backing strips used at longitudinal welded joints must be removed.


## Notes

### Source

Source: USCG-2020-0634, 89 FR 50155, June 12, 2024unless 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.