[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 46, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 46CFR108.520]



[Page 144]

 

                            TITLE 46_SHIPPING



                  (This book contains parts 90 to 139)

 

   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 108_DESIGN AND EQUIPMENT--Table of Contents

 

                     Subpart E_Lifesaving Equipment

 

Sec.  108.520  Type of survival craft.



    (a) Each lifeboat must be a fire-protected lifeboat approved under 

approval series 160.035. A lifeboat of aluminum construction in the hull 

or canopy must be protected in its stowage position by a water spray 

system meeting the requirements of part 34, subpart 34.25 of this 

chapter.

    (b) Each inflatable liferaft must be approved under approval series 

160.151. Each rigid liferaft must be approved under approval series 

160.118. Each liferaft must have a capacity of six persons or more.



[CGD 84-069, 61 FR 25291, May 20, 1996, as amended by USCG-2006-25697, 

71 FR 55746, Sept. 25, 2006]