[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of Octobery 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR35.30-30]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 35_OPERATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart 35.30_General Safety Rules
 
Sec. 35.30-30  Portable electric equipment--TB/ALL.

    Portable electric equipment must not be used in a hazardous location 
described in subpart 111.105 of this chapter except:
    (a) Self-contained, battery-fed, explosion-proof lamps approved by 
Underwriters Laboratories Inc., Factory Mutual Research Corporation, or 
other independent laboratory recognized by the Commandant, for use in a 
Class I, Division 1 location for the electrical group classification of 
the cargo;
    (b) Intrinsically safe equipment approved by Underwriters 
Laboratories Inc., Factory Mutual Research Corporation, or other 
independent laboratory recognized by the Commandant, for use in a Class 
I, Division 1 location for the electrical group classification of the 
cargo; and
    (c) Any electrical equipment, if:
    (1) The hazardous location is:
    (i) Enclosed; and
    (ii) Gas free;
    (2) The adjacent compartments are:
    (i) Gas free;
    (ii) Inerted;
    (iii) Filled with water;
    (iv) Filled with Grade E liquid; or
    (v) Spaces where flammable gases are not expected to accumulate; 
and:
    (3) Each compartment where flammable gas is expected to accumulate 
is:
    (i) Closed; and
    (ii) Secured.

[CGD 74-125A, 47 FR 15230, Apr. 8, 1982]