[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: 46CFR194.10-5]

[Page 385]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 194--HANDLING, USE, AND CONTROL OF EXPLOSIVES AND OTHER HAZARDOUS MATERIALS--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart 194.10--Magazines
 
Sec. 194.10-5  Type and location.

    (a) Integral magazines. (1) Magazines shall be of permanent 
construction located below the freeboard deck and where practicable 
below the waterline.
    (2) Magazines shall not be located in horizontal proximity to or 
below accommodation spaces.
    (3) Magazines shall not be located adjacent to the collision 
bulkhead, nor in bearing with a bulkhead forming the boilerroom, 
engineroom, gallery, or other high fire hazard area boundary. If it is 
necessary to construct the magazine in proximity to these areas, a 
cofferdam space of at least 2 feet shall be provided between the 
bulkhead or deck involved and the magazine. Such a cofferdam shall be 
provided with suitable ventilation and shall not be used for storage 
purposes.
    (b) Magazine vans. (1) Magazine vans may be installed on deck in a 
location protected from boarding seas. The location selected shall not 
impair access to accommodations or other spaces necessary to the safe 
working and navigation of the vessel and shall not be within 15 feet of 
ventilation terminals emitting warm air or hazardous vapors, such as 
from galleys and pumprooms, or within 10 feet of any unshielded radio 
apparatus or antenna lead.
    (2) Magazine vans may be installed below decks in holds provided the 
hold location meets the location requirements for integral magazines. 
The cofferdam requirement of paragraph (a)(3) of this section is 
considered as fulfilled if the van is of steel construction. Holds so 
utilized shall not be used for stowage of other hazardous materials 
covered by 49 CFR parts 171-179. The stowage of other explosives or 
oxidizing materials in the same hold is permitted in accordance with the 
requirements of 49 CFR part 176.
    (c) Magazine chests. (1) Magazine chests shall be located on the 
weather decks in a position suitable for jettisoning the contents.
    (2) Magazine chests shall be set off at least 4 inches from decks 
and deckhouse.
    (3) Magazine chests shall not be located within 15 feet of 
ventilation terminals emitting warm air or hazardous vapors, such as 
from galleys and pumprooms.
    (4) Magazine chests intended for the stowage of blasting caps, 
detonators, or boosters, in addition to the requirements in this 
paragraph, shall not be stowed within 10 feet of any unshielded radio 
apparatus or antenna leads.

[CGFR 67-83, 33 FR 1151, Jan. 27, 1968, as amended by CGD 86-033, 53 FR 
36027, Sept. 16, 1988]