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    <CFRTITLE>46</CFRTITLE>
    <CFRTITLETEXT>Shipping</CFRTITLETEXT>
    <VOL>2</VOL>
    <DATE>2013-10-01</DATE>
    <ORIGINALDATE>2013-10-01</ORIGINALDATE>
    <COVERONLY>false</COVERONLY>
    <TITLE>Flanges.</TITLE>
    <GRANULENUM>56.25-5</GRANULENUM>
    <HEADING>Section 56.25-5</HEADING>
    <ANCESTORS>
      <PARENT HEADING="Title 46" SEQ="4">Shipping</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="CHAPTER I" SEQ="3">COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="SUBCHAPTER F" SEQ="2">MARINE ENGINEERING</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="PART 56" SEQ="1">PIPING SYSTEMS AND APPURTENANCES</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="Subpart 56.25" SEQ="0">Pipe Flanges, Blanks, Flange Facings, Gaskets, and Bolting</PARENT>
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    <SECTNO>§ 56.25-5</SECTNO>
    <SUBJECT>Flanges.</SUBJECT>
    <P>Each flange must conform to the design requirements of either the applicable standards of table 56.60-1(b) of this part, or of those of appendix 2 of section VIII of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (incorporated by reference; see 46 CFR 56.01-2). Plate flanges must meet the requirements of § 56.30-10(b)(5) of this part and the material requirements of § 56.60-1(a) of this part. Flanges may be integral or may be attached to pipe by threading, welding, brazing, or other means within the applicable standards specified in table 56.60-1(b) of this part and the requirements of this subpart. For flange facing gasket combinations other than those specified above, calculations must be submitted indicating that the gaskets will not result in a higher bolt loading or flange moment than for the acceptable configurations.</P>
    <CITA>[CGD 77-140, 54 FR 40605, Oct. 2, 1989, as amended by USCG-2002-13058, 67 FR 61278, Sept. 30, 2002; USCG-2003-16630, 73 FR 65176, Oct. 31, 2008]</CITA>
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