[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR180.150]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 180--LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT AND ARRANGEMENTS--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart D--Survival Craft Arrangements and Equipment
 
Sec. 180.150  Survival craft embarkation arrangements.

    (a) A launching appliance approved under approval series 160.163 or 
a marine evacuation system approved under approval series 160.175 must 
be provided for each inflatable liferaft and inflatable buoyant 
apparatus when either--
    (1) The embarkation station for the survival craft is on a deck more 
than 4.5 meters (15 feet) above the waterline; or
    (2) The inflatable liferaft and inflatable buoyant apparatus is 
boarded prior to being placed in the water.
    (b) An embarkation ladder, approved in accordance with Sec. 160.017 
in subchapter Q of this chapter, or other standard specified by the 
Commandant, must be at each embarkation station if the distance from the 
deck on which an embarkation station is located to the vessel's lightest 
operating waterline is more than 3,050 millimeters (10 feet).

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 975, Jan. 10, 1996, as amended by CGD 97-057, 62 FR 
51050, Sept. 30, 1997; CGD 85-080, 62 FR 51357, Sept. 30, 1997]