[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR144.30-5]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 144--LIFESAVING APPLIANCES--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart 144.30--Requirements for Foreign MODU's
 
Sec. 144.30-5  Exposure suits.

    Each foreign MODU must meet the requirements of Sec. 144.20-5 of 
this chapter, except as follows:
    (a) Exposure suits (immersion suits, survival suits, etc.) approved 
by the nation under which the MODU is documented may be used in lieu of 
suits approved under 46 CFR 160.071, provided that they are accepted by 
the Commandant as providing equivalent thermal protection to the wearer. 
(Requests for acceptance of such suits should be sent to Commandant, 
U.S. Coast Guard, (G-MSE), Washington, DC 20593-0001, along with 
technical data supporting the thermal performance of the suits.)
    (b) Personal flotation device lights approved by the nation under 
which the MODU is documented may be used in lieu of lights approved 
under 46 CFR 161.012.

[CGD 82-075b, 49 FR 4377, Feb. 6, 1984, as amended by CGD 88-052, 53 FR 
25121, July 1, 1988; CGD 96-026, 61 FR 33665, June 28, 1996]