[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: 46CFR199.273]

[Page 505]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 199_LIFESAVING SYSTEMS FOR CERTAIN INSPECTED VESSELS--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart D_Additional Requirements for Cargo Vessels
 
Sec. 199.273  Immersion suits.

    (a) Each cargo vessel must carry an immersion suit approved under 
approval series 160.171 of an appropriate size for each person on board.
    (b) If watch stations, work stations, or work sites are remote from 
cabins, staterooms, or berthing areas and the immersion suits stowed in 
those locations, there must be, in addition to the immersion suits 
required under paragraph (a) of this section, enough immersion suits 
stowed at the watch stations, work stations, or work sites to equal the 
number of persons normally on watch in, or assigned to, those locations 
at any time.
    (c) The immersion suits required under paragraphs (a) and (b) of 
this section are not required if the cargo vessel operates only on 
routes between 32 degrees north and 32 degrees south latitude.
    (d) The immersion suits required under this section can be included 
to meet the requirements of Sec. 199.70(c).

[CGD 84-069, 61 FR 25313, May 20, 1996; 61 FR 40281, Aug. 1, 1996]