---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 98.30-4"
title: "46"
number: "98.30-4"
heading: "Vessels carrying MPTs."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/98.30-4"
---

# §98.30-4. Vessels carrying MPTs.


Each MPT on a vessel to which this part applies must bear, on a metal or other corrosion-resistant tag—

- (a) An inspection date for pressure relief devices and vacuum relief devices in accordance with [paragraph (b)](/cfr/46/64.79.md?p=b) of § 64.79 of this chapter that is not more than 12 months earlier than the month in which the vessel is operated;
- (b) An inspection date in accordance with [paragraph (b)](/cfr/46/64.81.md?p=b) of § 64.81 of this chapter that is not more than 30 months earlier than the month during which the vessel is operated; and
- (c) A hydrostatic test date in accordance with [paragraph (b)](/cfr/46/64.83.md?p=b) of § 64.83 of this chapter that is not more than 60 months earlier than the month during which the vessel is operated.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 84-043, 55 FR 37411, Sept. 11, 1990. Redesignated by USCG-2011-0088, 78 FR 54785, Sept. 6, 2013]

### Source

Source: CGD 73-172, 39 FR 22954, June 25, 1974, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1903; 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3307, 3703; 49 U.S.C. App. 1804; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 17022, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 84-043, 55 FR 37411, Sept. 11, 1990. Redesignated by USCG-2011-0088, 78 FR 54785, Sept. 6, 2013]