[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: 46CFR199.100]

[Page 484]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 199--LIFESAVING SYSTEMS FOR CERTAIN INSPECTED VESSELS--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart B--Requirements for All Vessels
 
Sec. 199.100  Manning of survival craft and supervision.

    (a) There must be a sufficient number of trained persons on board 
the vessel for mustering and assisting untrained persons.
    (b) There must be a sufficient number of deck officers, able seamen, 
or certificated persons on board the vessel to operate the survival 
craft and launching arrangements required for abandonment by the total 
number of persons on board.
    (c) There must be one person placed in charge of each survival craft 
to be used. The person in charge must--
    (1) Be a deck officer, able seaman, or certificated person. The 
OCMI, considering the nature of the voyage, the number of persons 
permitted on board, and the characteristics of the vessel, may permit 
persons practiced in the handling and operation of liferafts or 
inflatable buoyant apparatus to be placed in charge of liferafts or 
inflatable buoyant apparatus; and
    (2) Have a list of the survival craft crew and ensure that the 
crewmembers are acquainted with their duties.
    (d) There must be a second-in-command designated for each lifeboat. 
This person should be a deck officer, able seaman, or certificated 
person. The second-in-command of a lifeboat must also have a list of the 
lifeboat crew.
    (e) There must be a person assigned to each motorized survival craft 
who is capable of operating the engine and carrying out minor 
adjustments.
    (f) The master must make sure that the persons required under 
paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this section are equitably 
distributed among the vessel's survival craft.

[CGD 84-069, 61 FR 25313, May 20, 1996, as amended at 63 FR 52819, Oct. 
1, 1998]