33 CFR § 144.01-1 - Life floats.

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title: "33 CFR § 144.01-1 - Life floats."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "144.01-1"
section_name: "Life floats."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "N"
subchapter_name: "OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF ACTIVITIES"
part_number: "144"
part_name: "LIFESAVING APPLIANCES"
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authority: "43 U.S.C. 1333d; 46 U.S.C. 3102(a); 46 CFR 1.46."
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# 144.01-1 Life floats.

Each manned platform shall be provided with at least two approved life floats. The life floats shall have sufficient capacity to accommodate all persons present at any one time.

[CGFR 56-4, 21 FR 903, Feb. 9, 1956]