[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: 46CFR122.604]



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                            TITLE 46_SHIPPING



                  (This book contains parts 90 to 139)

 

   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (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]