46 CFR 111.75-16
§ 111.75-16 Lighting of survival craft and rescue boats.
United States · 46 CFR — Shipping · Status: effective
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- 46 CFR 111.75-16, § 111.75-16 Lighting of survival craft and rescue boats, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/227124
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(a) During preparation, launching, and recovery, each survival craft and rescue boat, its launching appliance, and the area of water into which it is to be launched or recovered must be adequately illuminated by lighting supplied from the emergency power source.
(b) The arrangement of circuits must be such that the lighting for adjacent launching stations for survival craft or rescue boats is supplied by different branch circuits.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.