---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 64.53"
title: "46"
number: "64.53"
heading: "Information plate for MPTs."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/64.53"
---

# §64.53. Information plate for MPTs.

- (a) A corrosion-resistant metal plate containing the information in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section must be permanently attached to each MPT.
- (b) Each information plate required in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section must bear the following information in legible letters 3/16 inch or more in height:
  - (1) **Owner's name.**
  - (2) **Manufacturer's name.**
  - (3) **Date of manufacture.**
  - (4) **Serial number of tank.**
  - (5) **Maximum allowable working pressure in psig.**
  - (6) **Test pressure in psig.**
  - (7) **External-pressure rating in psig.**
  - (8) **Total capacity in gallons.**
  - (9) **Maximum net weight in long tons.**
  - (10) **Maximum gross weight in long tons.**
  - (11) **Percent ullage at 122 °F.**
  - (12) **Date of hydrostatic test.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 84-043, 55 FR 37410, Sept. 11, 1990]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703; 49 U.S.C. App. 1804; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3.

### Source

Source: CGD 73-172, 39 FR 22950, June 25, 1974, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 84-043, 55 FR 37410, Sept. 11, 1990]