CFR > Title 46 - Shipping > CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER Q—EQUIPMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND MATERIALS: SPECIFICATIONS AND APPROVAL (parts 159 to 165) > PART 164—MATERIALS > SUBPART 164.009—Noncombustible Materials for Merchant Vessels (§164.009-1 to §164.009-25) > 164.009-1—General.

164.009-1—General.

(a) This subpart contains—
(1) Procedures for approval of noncombustible materials used in merchant vessel construction;
(2) The test and measurements required for approval of materials; and
(3) A list of noncombustible materials for which specific approval under this subpart is not required.
(b) The test and measurements described in this subpart are conducted by a laboratory designated by the Commandant. The following laboratories are so designated:
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., 333 Pfingsten Road, Northbrook, IL 60062
Dantest, National Institute for Testing and Verification, Amager Boulevard 115, DK 2300 Copenhagen S., Denmark
[CGD 74-129, 41 FR 41701, Sept. 23, 1976, as amended by CGD 86-035, 54 FR 36316, Sept. 1, 1989]