[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: 46CFR32.35-15]

[Page 429]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 32_SPECIAL EQUIPMENT, MACHINERY, AND HULL REQUIREMENTS--Table 
 
               Subpart 32.35_Main and Auxiliary Machinery
 
Sec. 32.35-15  Installation of air compressors on tank vessels 

contracted for on or after June 15, 1977--TB/ALL.

    No tank vessel, except an oil pollution clean-up vessel, that 
carries petroleum products grades A thru D contracted for on or after 
June 15, 1977 may have an air compressor on an air compressor intake 
installed in any of the following cargo areas:
    (a) A cargo handling room.
    (b) An enclosed space containing cargo piping.
    (c) A space in which cargo hose is stowed.
    (d) A space adjacent to a cargo tank or cargo tank hold.
    (e) A space within three meters of any of the following:
    (1) A cargo tank opening.
    (2) An outlet for cargo gas or vapor.
    (3) A cargo pipe flange.
    (4) A cargo valve.
    (5) An entrance or ventilation opening to a cargo handling room.
    (f) Except for tank barges, the cargo deck space. For the purpose of 
this paragraph, cargo deck space means the volume bounded by the open 
deck over the cargo tank block, including all ballast tanks within the 
cargo tank block, extending to the full width of the vessel, plus three 
meters (about 10 feet) fore and aft of the cargo tank block and up to a 
height of 2.4 meters (about 8 feet) above the deck.
    (g) An enclosed space having an opening into a location described in 
paragraphs (a)-(f) of this section.
    (h) A location similar to those described in paragraphs (a)-(g) of 
this section in which cargo vapors or gases may be present.

[CGD 75-017, 42 FR 25735, May 19, 1977, as amended by CGD 75-017, 42 FR 
45677, Sept. 12, 1977]