[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: 46CFR127.220]



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                            TITLE 46_SHIPPING



                  (This book contains parts 90 to 139)

 

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

 

PART 127_CONSTRUCTION AND ARRANGEMENTS--Table of Contents

 

           Subpart B_Particular Construction and Arrangements

 

Sec.  127.220  General fire protection.



    (a) Each vessel must be designed and constructed to minimize fire 

hazards, as far as reasonable and practicable.

    (b) Exhausts of internal-combustion engines, galley uptakes, and 

similar sources of ignition must be kept clear of and insulated from 

woodwork and other combustible matter.

    (c) Paint lockers and similar compartments must be constructed of 

steel or be wholly lined with steel.

    (d) Except as provided by paragraph (e) of this section, when a 

compartment containing the emergency source of electric power, or vital 

components of that source, adjoins a space containing either the ship's 

service generators or machinery necessary for the operation of the 

ship's service generators, each common bulkhead and deck must be of ``A-

60'' Class construction as defined by Sec.  72.05-10 of this chapter.

    (e) The ``A-60'' Class construction required by paragraph (d) of 

this section is unnecessary if the emergency source of electric power is 

in a ventilated battery locker that--

    (1) Is located above the main deck;

    (2) Is located in the open; and

    (3) Has no boundaries contiguous with other decks or bulkheads.