[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR401.17]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

CHAPTER IV--SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 401_SEAWAY REGULATIONS AND RULES--Table of Contents

 

                          Subpart A_Regulations

 

Sec.  401.17  Pitch indicators and alarms.



    Every vessel of 1600 gross registered tons or integrated tug and 

barge or articulated tug and barge unit of combined 1600 gross 

registered tons or more equipped with a variable pitch propeller shall 

be equipped with--

    (a) A pitch indicator in the wheelhouse and the engine room; and

    (b) Effective April 1, 1984, visible and audible pitch alarms, with 

a time delay of not greater than 8 seconds, in the wheelhouse and engine 

room to indicate wrong pitch.



(68 Stat. 93-96, 33 U.S.C. 981-990, as amended and secs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 

12 and 13 of sec. 2 of Pub. L. 95-474, 92 Stat. 1471)



[47 FR 51122, Nov. 12, 1982, as amended at 70 FR 12971, Mar. 17, 2005; 

71 FR 5606, Feb. 2, 2006]