[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR183.512]

[Page 880]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 183_BOATS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart J_Fuel Systems
 
Sec. 183.512  Fuel tanks: Prohibited materials.

    (a) A fuel tank must not be constructed from terneplate.
    (b) Unless it has an inorganic sacrificial galvanic coating on the 
inside and outside of the tank, a fuel tank must not be constructed from 
black iron or carbon steel.
    (c) A fuel tank encased in cellular plastic or in fiber reinforced 
plastic must not be constructed from a ferrous alloy.

[CGD 74-209, 42 FR 5950, Jan. 31, 1977; 42 FR 24739, May 16, 1977]