1. Regulations
  2. title 46
  3. chapter I-i6
  4. part 197
  5. subpart B
  6. subjgrp 70
  7. § 197.342

View all text of Subjgrp 70 [§ 197.300 - § 197.346]

§ 197.342 - Buoyancy-changing devices.

(a) A dry suit or other buoyancy-changing device not directly connected to the exhaust valve of the helmet or mask must have an independent exhaust valve.

(b) When used for SCUBA diving, a buoyancy-changing device must have an inflation source separate from the breathing gas supply.

AUTHORITY: 33 U.S.C. 1509; 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703, 6101; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

SOURCE: CGD 76-009, 43 FR 53683, Nov. 16, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 46 CFR 197.342