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Title 46ShippingPart / Section
Chapter ICoast Guard, Department of Homeland Security1 – 199
Subchapter I-AMobile Offshore Drilling Units107 – 109
Part 108Design and Equipment108.101 – 108.901
Subpart BConstruction and Arrangement108.113 – 108.241
Hull Structure108.113 – 108.114
§ 108.113Structural standards.
§ 108.114Appliances for watertight and weathertight integrity.
Fire Protection: General108.123 – 108.127
§ 108.123Isolation of combustible material.
§ 108.127Storage lockers for combustibles.
Structural Fire Protection108.131 – 108.147
§ 108.131Definitions.
§ 108.133Hull superstructure, structural bulkheads, decks, and deckhouses.
§ 108.135Boundary bulkheads, decks of galleys, and combustible material lockers.
§ 108.137Bulkhead and deck separations of accommodation spaces.
§ 108.139Boundary bulkheads and decks of a space containing emergency power.
§ 108.141Boundary bulkheads and decks between the emergency power source and service generators.
§ 108.143Accommodation space.
§ 108.145Hatches and tonnage openings.
§ 108.147Certain paints prohibited.
Means of Escape108.151 – 108.167
§ 108.151Two means required.
§ 108.153Location of means of escape.
§ 108.155Restrictions on means of escape utilized.
§ 108.157Locked doors.
§ 108.159Stairways and exterior inclined ladders.
§ 108.160Vertical ladders.
§ 108.161Dead end corridors.
§ 108.165Access to lifeboats and liferafts.
§ 108.167Weather deck ladders.
Classified Locations108.170 – 108.177
§ 108.170Definitions.
§ 108.171Class I, Division 1 locations.
§ 108.173Class I, Division 2 locations.
§ 108.175Contiguous locations.
§ 108.177Electrical equipment in classified locations.
Ventilation108.181 – 108.187
§ 108.181Ventilation for enclosed spaces.
§ 108.185Ventilation for enclosed classified locations.
§ 108.187Ventilation for brush type electric motors in classified spaces.
Accommodation Spaces108.193 – 108.215
§ 108.193Restrictions.
§ 108.195Location of accommodation spaces.
§ 108.197Construction of accommodation spaces.
§ 108.199Arrangement of sleeping spaces.
§ 108.201Size of sleeping spaces.
§ 108.203Berths and lockers.
§ 108.205Wash spaces; toilet spaces; and shower spaces.
§ 108.207Messrooms.
§ 108.209Hospital spaces.
§ 108.210Hospital space not required.
§ 108.211Miscellaneous accommodation spaces.
§ 108.213Heating requirements.
§ 108.215Insect screens.
Rails108.217 – 108.223
§ 108.217Guardrails and bulwarks.
§ 108.219Guardrails.
§ 108.221Storm rails.
§ 108.223Guards on exposed equipment.
Helicopter Facilities108.231 – 108.241
§ 108.231Application.
§ 108.233Location and size.
§ 108.235Construction.
§ 108.237Fuel storage facilities.
§ 108.239Fuel transfer equipment.
§ 108.241Visual aids.