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-16 -16 Lighting of survival craft and rescue boats

The exact 46 CFR §111.75-16 text, rendered cleanly with its subsection structure — plus how this rule shows up on the exam.

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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.

Section 111.75-16 — full text

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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. [CGD 94-108, 61 FR 28282, June 4, 1996]

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46 CFR §111.75-16 — -16 -16 Lighting of survival craft and rescue boats · CaptainsGround