[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR122.604]

[Page 398]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
    CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 122--OPERATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart F--Markings Required
 
Sec. 122.604  Lifesaving equipment markings.

    (a) The name of a vessel must be marked or painted in clearly 
legible letters and numbers:
    (1) On each side of the bow of each rescue boat; and
    (2) On each life float and buoyant apparatus.
    (b) Each life jacket, immersion suit, and ring life buoy must be 
marked in clearly legible block capital letters with the vessel's name. 
The marking is not required on a life jacket carried to meet a temporary 
need for additional life jackets, if the life jacket has the name of 
another vessel or company marked on it. For an immersion suit, the name 
of the person to whom the immersion suit is assigned is an acceptable 
alternative to the name of the vessel.
    (c) The name of the vessel must be marked or painted in clearly 
legible letters on each Emergency Position Indicating Radiobeacon 
(EPIRB), except on an EPIRB in an inflatable liferaft.
    (d) The number of persons capacity must be marked or painted in 
clearly legible letters and numbers on each side of the bow of each 
rescue boat.
    (e) The number of persons capacity must be marked or painted in 
clearly legible letters and numbers on each life float and buoyant 
apparatus. This number must:
    (1) Be the number of persons the device is equipped for; and
    (2) Not be greater than the number of persons the device is approved 
for as shown on the nameplate.
    (f) The number and identification of the items stowed inside, and 
their sizes, must be marked in clearly legible letters and numbers on 
each container for life jackets and immersion suits. Identification of 
the items may be in words, or the appropriate symbols in International 
Maritime Organization (IMO) Resolution A.760(18), ``Symbols Related to 
Life-Saving Appliances and Arrangements.'' Letters and numbers must be 
at least 50 millimeters (2 inches) high. Symbols must be at least 100 
millimeters (4 inches) square.
    (g) The name of the vessel must be marked or painted in clearly 
legible letters on each life float paddle.
    (h) Each life jacket must be marked with Type I retroreflective 
material approved in accordance with Sec. 164.018 in subchapter Q of 
this chapter, or other standard specified by the Commandant. The 
arrangement of the retroreflective material applied after March 11, 1996 
must be as specified by IMO Resolution A.658(16), ``Use and Fitting of 
Retro-Reflective Materials on Life-Saving Appliances.''
    (i) Each rescue boat and ring life buoy must be marked with Type II 
retroreflective material approved in accordance with Sec. 164.018 in 
subchapter Q of this chapter, or other standard specified by the 
Commandant. The arrangement of the retroreflective material applied 
after March 11, 1996, must be as specified by IMO Resolution A.658(16).

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 935, Jan. 10, 1996; 61 FR 20556, May 7, 1996, as 
amended at 62 FR 51353, Sept. 30, 1997; 62 FR 64306, Dec. 5, 1997]