{"data":{"id":"us/46-cfr-161.002-17","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 CFR 161.002-17","heading":"-17 Equivalents.","body":"The Commandant may approve any arrangement, fitting, appliance, apparatus, equipment, calculation, information, or test that provides a level of safety equivalent to that established by specific provisions of this subpart. Requests for approval must be submitted to Commandant (CG-ENG). If necessary, the Commandant may require engineering evaluations and tests to demonstrate the equivalence of the substitute.","path":["Title 46—Shipping","CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","SUBCHAPTER Q—EQUIPMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND MATERIALS: SPECIFICATIONS AND APPROVAL","PART 161—ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT","Subpart 161.002—Fire Detection Systems"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-46.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:22Z","sha256":"e769d553715df9b4a72f6da1dbcb7e8da9d06dae5647d00aa0c8566edc680cfa","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/46-cfr-161.002-15","next":"us/46-cfr-161.002-18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}