[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR25.25-15]

[Page 311-312]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 25_REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart 25.25_Life Preservers and Other Lifesaving Equipment
 
Sec. 25.25-15  Retroreflective material for personal flotation devices.

    (a) Each life preserver, each marine buoyant device intended to be 
worn, and each buoyant vest carried on a vessel must have Type I 
retroreflective material that is approved under subpart 164.018 of this 
chapter.

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    (b) Each item required to have retroreflective material must have at 
least 200 sq. cm (31 sq. in.) of material attached to its front side, at 
least 200 sq. cm of material on its back side, and, if the item is 
reversible, at least 200 sq. cm of material on each of its reversible 
sides. The material attached on each side of the item must be divided 
equally between the upper quadrants of the side, and the material in 
each quadrant must be attached as closely as possible to the shoulder 
area of the item.

[CGD 76-028, 44 FR 38783, July 2, 1979, as amended by CGD 82-075a, 49 FR 
4483, Feb. 7, 1984]