[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: 46CFR180.205]

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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 E--Number and Type of Survival Craft
 
Sec. 180.205  Survival craft--vessels operating on limited coastwise routes.

    (a) Except as allowed by paragraph (d) of this section, each vessel 
constructed of wood certificated to operate on a limited coastwise route 
in cold water must either:
    (1) Be provided with inflatable buoyant apparatus of an aggregate 
capacity that will accommodate at least 67% of the total number of 
persons permitted on board; or
    (2) Meet either the standards for collision bulkheads in 
Secs. 179.310 of this chapter or 171.085 in subchapter S of this 
chapter, and the standards for subdivision in Secs. 179.220 and 179.320 
of this chapter, or the standards for subdivision and damaged stability 
in Secs. 171.070 through 171.073 and 171.080 in subchapter S of this 
chapter, as appropriate, and be provided with life floats of an 
aggregate capacity that will accommodate at least 100% of the total 
number of persons permitted on board.
    (b) Except as allowed by paragraph (d) of this section, each vessel 
constructed of a material other than wood certificated to operate on a 
limited coastwise route in cold water must be provided with life floats 
of an aggregate capacity that will accommodate at least 100% of the 
total number of persons permitted on board.
    (c) Except as allowed by paragraph (e) of this section, each vessel 
certificated to operate on a limited coastwise route in warm water must 
be provided with life floats of an aggregate capacity that will 
accommodate at least 50%

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of the total number of persons permitted on board.
    (d) Each vessel certificated to operate on a limited coastwise route 
within three miles of land in cold water must be provided with the 
survival craft required by Sec. 180.204(d).
    (e) Each vessel certificated to operate on a limited coastwise route 
within three miles of land in warm water must either:
    (1) Be provided with life floats of an aggregate capacity that will 
accommodate at least 50% of the total number of persons permitted on 
board; or
    (2) Meet either the standards for collision bulkheads in 
Secs. 179.310 of this chapter or 171.085 in subchapter S of this 
chapter, and the standards for subdivision in Secs. 179.220 and 179.320 
of this chapter, or the standards for subdivision and damaged stability 
in Secs. 171.070 through 171.073 and 171.080 in subchapter S of this 
chapter, as appropriate, and not be required to carry survival craft; or
    (3) Have on board a FCC Type Accepted Category 1 406 MHz EPIRB, 
installed to automatically float free and activate, and not be required 
to carry survival craft.