ASME BPVC Section VII
Recommended Guidelines for the Care of Power Boilers
Published by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
The CFR incorporates ASME BPVC Section VII by reference, which makes the edition it names part of the regulation. The CFR requires the edition it names, which may not be the newest. To enforce any other edition, the agency must publish the change in the Federal Register.
The edition the CFR requires
ASME BPVC.VII-2019, 2019 Edition, issued July 1, 2019
As the CFR lists it: “ASME BPVC.VII-2019, 2019 ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VII, Recommended Guidelines for the Care of Power Boilers, 2019 Edition, issued July 1, 2019 (“Section VII of the ASME BPVC”)”
- Listed in 46 CFR 59.01-2(b); required by46 CFR 59.01-5 ↗
How to read it
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