[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: 33CFR159.105]

[Page 528]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 159--MARINE SANITATION DEVICES--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart C--Design, Construction, and Testing
 
Sec. 159.105  Shock test.

    The device, with liquid retention components, if any, filled with 
water to half of their volume, must be subjected to 1,000 vertical 
shocks that are ten times the force of gravity (10g) and have a duration 
of 20-25 milliseconds measured at the base of the half-sine shock 
envelope.