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Title 46ShippingPart / Section
Chapter ICoast Guard, Department of Homeland Security1 – 199
Subchapter TSmall Passenger Vessels (Under 100 Gross Tons)175 – 187
Part 180Lifesaving Equipment and Arrangements180.10 – 180.210
Subpart AGeneral Provisions180.10 – 180.25
§ 180.10Applicability to vessels on an international voyage.
§ 180.15Applicability to existing vessels.
§ 180.25Additional requirements.
Subpart BEmergency Communications180.64 – 180.68
§ 180.64Emergency Position Indicating Radiobeacons (EPIRB).
§ 180.68Distress flares and smoke signals.
Subpart CRing Life Buoys and Life Jackets180.70 – 180.78
§ 180.70Ring life buoys.
§ 180.71Lifejackets.
§ 180.72Personal flotation devices carried in addition to lifejackets.
§ 180.75Life jacket lights.
§ 180.78Stowage of life jackets.
Subpart DSurvival Craft Arrangements and Equipment180.130 – 180.175
§ 180.130Stowage of survival craft.
§ 180.137Stowage of life floats and buoyant apparatus.
§ 180.150Survival craft embarkation arrangements.
§ 180.175Survival craft equipment.
Subpart ENumber and Type of Survival Craft180.200 – 180.210