[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: 46CFR199.201]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 199_LIFESAVING SYSTEMS FOR CERTAIN INSPECTED VESSELS--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart C_Additional Requirements for Passenger Vessels
 
Sec. 199.201  Survival craft.

    (a) Each survival craft must be approved and equipped as follows:
    (1) Each lifeboat must be approved under approval series 160.135 and 
equipped as specified in table 199.175 of this part.
    (2) Each inflatable liferaft must be approved under approval series 
160.151 and equipped with--
    (i) A SOLAS A pack; or
    (ii) For a passenger vessel on a short international voyage, a SOLAS 
B pack.
    (3) Each rigid liferaft must be approved under approval series 
160.118 and equipped as specified in table 199.175 of this part.
    (4) Each marine evacuation system must be approved under approval 
series 160.175.
    (5) Each liferaft must have a capacity of six persons or more.
    (b) Each passenger vessel must carry the following:
    (1) A combination of lifeboats and liferafts that have an aggregate 
capacity sufficient to accommodate the total number of persons on board, 
provided that--
    (i) On each side of the vessel, lifeboats with an aggregate capacity 
sufficient to accommodate at least 37.5 percent of the total number of 
persons on board are carried; and
    (ii) Any liferafts that are provided in combination with the 
lifeboats are served by launching appliances or marine evacuation 
systems equally distributed on each side of the vessel.
    (2) In addition to the survival craft required in paragraph (b)(1) 
of this section, additional liferafts must be provided that have a 
aggregate capacity sufficient to accommodate at least 25 percent of the 
total number of persons on board. The additional liferafts--
    (i) Must be served by at least one launching appliance or marine 
evacuation system on each side of the vessel. These launching appliances 
or marine evacuation systems must be those described under paragraph 
(b)(1)(ii) of this section or be equivalent approved appliances capable 
of being used on both sides of the vessel; and
    (ii) Are not required to be stowed in accordance with Sec. 
199.130(c)(4).
    (c) Each passenger vessel engaged on a short international voyage 
that also complies with the standards of subdivision requirements for 
vessels on short international voyages as described in subchapter S of 
this chapter may, as an alternative to the lifeboat requirements in 
paragraph (b)(1)(i) of this section, carry lifeboats with an aggregate 
capacity sufficient to accommodate at least 30 percent of the total 
number of persons on board. These lifeboats must be equally distributed, 
as far as practicable, on each side of the vessel.
    (d) Each passenger vessel that is less than 500 tons gross tonnage 
and is certificated to permit less than 200 persons on board is not 
required to meet the requirements of paragraphs (b) or (c) of this 
section if it meets the following:
    (1) On each side of the vessel--
    (i) Liferafts are carried with an aggregate capacity sufficient to 
accommodate the total number of persons on board and are stowed in a 
position providing for easy side-to-side transfer at a single open deck 
level; or
    (ii) Liferafts are carried with an aggregate capacity sufficient to 
accommodate 150 percent of the total number of persons on board. If the 
rescue boat required under Sec. 199.202 is also a lifeboat, its 
capacity may be included to meet the aggregate capacity requirement.

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    (2) If the largest survival craft on either side of the vessel is 
lost or rendered unserviceable, there must be survival craft available 
for use on each side of the vessel, including those which are stowed in 
a position providing for side-to-side transfer at a single open deck 
level, with a capacity sufficient to accommodate the total number of 
persons on board.