[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: 46CFR109.323]



[Page 170]

 

                            TITLE 46_SHIPPING



                  (This book contains parts 90 to 139)

 

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

 

PART 109_OPERATIONS--Table of Contents

 

           Subpart C_Operation and Stowage of Safety Equipment

 

Sec.  109.323  Manning of survival craft and supervision.



    (a) There must be a sufficient number of trained persons on board 

the survival craft for mustering and assisting untrained persons.

    (b) There must be a sufficient number of deck officers, able seamen, 

or certificated persons on board to operate the survival craft and 

launching arrangements required for abandonment by the total number of 

persons on board.

    (c) There must be one person placed in charge of each survival craft 

to be used. The person in charge must--

    (1) Be a deck officer, able seaman, or certificated person. The 

OCMI, considering the number of persons permitted on board, and the 

characteristics of the unit, may permit persons practiced in the 

handling and operation of liferafts or inflatable buoyant apparatus to 

be placed in charge of liferafts or inflatable buoyant apparatus;

    (2) Have another person designated second-in-command of each 

lifeboat permitted to carry more than 40 persons. This person should be 

a deck officer, able seaman, or certificated person; and

    (3) Have a list of the survival craft crew and must see that the 

crewmembers are acquainted with their duties. The second-in-command of a 

lifeboat must also have a list of the lifeboat crew.

    (d) There must be a person assigned to each motorized survival craft 

who is capable of operating the engine and carrying out minor 

adjustments.

    (e) The person in charge must make sure that the persons required 

under paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this section are equitably 

distributed among the unit's survival craft.



[CGD 84-069, 61 FR 25302, May 20, 1996]