1. Regulations
  2. title 46
  3. chapter I
  4. part 32
  5. subpart 32.56
  6. § 32.56-21

View all text of Subpart 32.56 [§ 32.56-1 - § 32.56-60]

§ 32.56-21 - Openings in exterior boundaries: Accommodation, service, and control spaces—T/ALL.

The following exterior boundaries of accommodation, service, and control spaces, except wheelhouses, must have no openings, and portlights must be of a fixed type with easily operable steel covers on the inside:

(a) The exterior boundaries that face the cargo area.

(b) The portion of the exterior boundaries within 3 meters (10 feet) or the length of the vessel divided by 25, whichever is greater, except that the distance need not exceed 5 meters (16.4 feet), of these boundaries.

AUTHORITY: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 3703, 3719; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1; Subpart 32.59 also issued under the authority of Sec. 4109, Pub. L. 101-380, 104 Stat. 515.

SOURCE: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16671, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 46 CFR 32.56-21