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(a) Certain material is incorporated by reference into this part with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. To enforce any edition other than that specified in this section, the Coast Guard must publish notice of change in the Federal Register and the material must be available to the public. All approved material is available for inspection at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202–741–6030 or go to http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ ibr_locations.html. The material is also available for inspection at the Coast Guard Headquarters. Contact Commandant (CG–ENG), Attn: Office of Design and Engineering Systems, U.S. Coast Guard Stop 7509, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20593–7509. The material is also available from the sources listed below.
(b) American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) International, Three Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016–5990:
(1) ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII, Division 1, Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels (1998 with 1999 and 2000 addenda) (“Section VIII of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code”), 54.01–2; 54.01–5; 54.01–15; 54.01–18; 54.01–25; 54.01–30; 54.01–35; 54.03–1; 54.05–1; 54.10–1; 54.10–3; 54.10–5; 54.10–10; 54.10–15; 54.15–1; 54.15–5; 54.15–10; 54.15–13; 54.20–1; 54.20–3; 54.25–1; 54.25–3; 54.25–8; 54.25–10; 54.25–15; 54.25–20; 54.30–3; 54.30–5; 54.30–10; and
(2) [Reserved]
(c) ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428–2959, 877–909–2786, http://www.astm.org:
(1) ASTM A 20/A 20M–97a, Standard Specification for General Requirements for Steel Plates for Pressure Vessels (“ASTM A 20”), 54.05–10; 54.25–10;
(2) ASTM A 203/A 203M–97 (Reapproved 2007)ε1, Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Nickel (“ASTM A 203”), (approved November 1, 2007), incorporation by reference approved for § 54.05–20;
(3) ASTM A 370–97a, Standard Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products (“ASTM A 370”), 54.25–20;
(4) ASTM E 23–96, Standard Test Methods for Notched Bar Impact Testing of Metallic Materials (“ASTM Specification E 23”), 54.05–5; and
(5) ASTM E 208–95a, Standard Test Method for Conducting Drop–Weight Test to Determine Nil–Ductility Transition Temperature of Ferritic Steels (“ASTM Specification E 208”), 54.05–5.
(d) Compressed Gas Association (CGA), 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10036:
(1) S–1.2, Pressure Relief Device Standards—Part 2—Cargo and Portable Tanks for Compressed Gases, 1979 (“CGA S–1.2”), 54.15–10; and
(2) [Reserved]
(e) Manufacturers Standardization Society of the Valve and Fittings Industry, Inc. (MSS), 127 Park Street NE, Vienna, VA 22180:
(1) SP–25–1998 Standard Marking System for Valves, Fittings, Flanges and Unions (1998) (“MSS SP–25”), 54.01–25; and
(2) [Reserved]
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