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46 CFR 32.56-21: -21 Openings in exterior boundaries: Accommodation, service, and control spaces—T/ALL.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 46—Shipping
- CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
- SUBCHAPTER D—TANK VESSELS
- PART 32—SPECIAL EQUIPMENT, MACHINERY, AND HULL REQUIREMENTS
- Subpart 32.56—Structural Fire Protection for Tank Ships With a Keel Laying Date On or After January 1, 1975
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.
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