33 CFR § 149.327 - What are the approval requirements for work vests and anti-exposure (deck) suits?

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title: "33 CFR § 149.327 - What are the approval requirements for work vests and anti-exposure (deck) suits?"
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "149.327"
section_name: "What are the approval requirements for work vests and anti-exposure (deck) suits?"
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "NN"
subchapter_name: "DEEPWATER PORTS"
part_number: "149"
part_name: "DEEPWATER PORTS: DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND EQUIPMENT"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "33 U.S.C. 1504, 1509; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4."
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# 149.327 What are the approval requirements for work vests and anti-exposure (deck) suits?

All work vests and anti-exposure (deck) suits on a manned deepwater port must be of a buoyant type approved under:

(a) Approval series 160.053 as a work vest;

(b) Approval series 160.053 or 160.153 as an anti-exposure suit; or

(c) Approval series 160.077 as a commercial hybrid personal flotation device.