46 CFR 78.55-1
§ 78.55-1 Master and chief engineer responsible.
United States · 46 CFR — Shipping · Status: effective
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- 46 CFR 78.55-1, § 78.55-1 Master and chief engineer responsible, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/226169
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It shall be the duty of the master and the engineer in charge of the boilers of any vessel to require that a steam pressure is not carried in excess of that allowed by the certificate of inspection, and to require that the safety valves, once set by the inspector, are in no way tampered with or made inoperative.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.