[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR401.17]

[Page 666]
 
                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]