[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR197.334]

[Page 429]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 197_GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart B_Commercial Diving Operations
 
Sec. 197.334  Open diving bells.

    Each open diving bell must--
    (a) Have an upper section that provides an envelope capable of 
maintaining a bubble of breathing mixture available to a diver standing 
on the lower section of the platform with his body through the open 
bottom and his head in the bubble;
    (b) Have lifting equipment capable of returning the occupied open 
bell to the dive location;
    (c) Have an umbilical; and
    (d) Be--(1) Made of corrosion-resisting material; or
    (2) Protected against and maintained free from injurious corrosion.