46 CFR 153.371
§ 153.371 Minimum relief valve setting for refrigerated cargo tanks.
United States · 46 CFR — Shipping · Status: effective
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- 46 CFR 153.371, § 153.371 Minimum relief valve setting for refrigerated cargo tanks, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/228686
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Full text
The relief valve setting for a containment system that carries a refrigerated cargo must at least equal the lesser of:
(a) That in § 153.370; or
(b) 110 percent of the cargo's vapor pressure at the steady state temperature obtained by a full tank of cargo with the refrigeration system operating under ambient conditions described within the definition of a refrigerated tank in § 153.2.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.