Code of Federal Regulations (alpha)

CFR /  Title 46  /  Part 154  /  Sec. 154.709 Cargo boil-off as fuel: Gas detection equipment.

(a) The continuous gas detection system required under Sec. 154.706(a)(2) and (b) must:

(1) Meet Sec. 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 Sec. 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). [CGD 74-289, 44 FR 26009, May 3, 1979, as amended by CGD 82-063b, 48 FR 4782, Feb. 3, 1983]

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