[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: 46CFR199.140]

[Page 486]
 
                           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. 199.140  Stowage of rescue boats.

    (a) General. Rescue boats must be stowed--
    (1) To be ready for launching in not more than 5 minutes.
    (2) In a position suitable for launching and recovery;
    (3) In a way that neither the rescue boat nor its stowage 
arrangements will interfere with the operation of any survival craft at 
any other launching station; and
    (4) If it is also a lifeboat, in compliance with the requirements of 
Sec. 199.130.
    (b) Each rescue boat must have a means provided for recharging the 
rescue boat batteries from the vessel's power supply at a supply voltage 
not exceeding 50 volts.
    (c) Each inflated rescue boat must be kept fully inflated at all 
times.

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