46 CFR 160.276-11
§ 160.276-11 Recognized laboratory.
United States · 46 CFR — Shipping · Status: effective
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- 46 CFR 160.276-11, § 160.276-11 Recognized laboratory, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/229604
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(a) The approval inspections and tests and production inspections, tests, and quality control required by this subpart must be conducted by an independent laboratory recognized by the Coast Guard under 46 CFR subpart 159.010 to perform such functions. A list of recognized independent laboratories is available from the Commandant and online at https://cgmix.uscg.mil.
(b) The same laboratory that performs the approval tests must also perform production oversight unless the employees of the laboratory performing production oversight receive training and support equal to that of the laboratory that performed the approval testing, as determined by the Commandant.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.