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46 CFR 154.709: Cargo boil-off as fuel: Gas detection equipment.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 46—Shipping
- CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
- SUBCHAPTER O—CERTAIN BULK DANGEROUS CARGOES
- PART 154—SAFETY STANDARDS FOR SELF-PROPELLED VESSELS CARRYING BULK LIQUEFIED GASES
- Subpart C—Design, Construction and Equipment
(a) The continuous gas detection system required under § 154.706(a)(2) and (b) must:
(1) Meet § 154.1350(c), (d), and (j) through (s); and
(2) Have a device that:
(i) Activates an audible and visual alarm at the machinery control station and in the wheelhouse if the methane concentration reaches 1.5 percent by volume; and
(ii) Closes the master gas fuel valve required under § 154.708(c) before the methane concentration reaches 3 percent by volume.
(b) The number and arrangement of gas sampling points must be specially approved by the Commandant (CG-OES).
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