33 CFR § 149.690 - What are the requirements for means of escape, personnel landings, guardrails, similar devices, and for noise limits?

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title: "33 CFR § 149.690 - What are the requirements for means of escape, personnel landings, guardrails, similar devices, and for noise limits?"
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "149.690"
section_name: "What are the requirements for means of escape, personnel landings, guardrails, similar devices, and for noise limits?"
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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authority: "33 U.S.C. 1504, 1509; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4."
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# 149.690 What are the requirements for means of escape, personnel landings, guardrails, similar devices, and for noise limits?

Each deepwater port must comply with the requirements for means of escape, personnel landings, guardrails and similar devices, and noise limits as outlined in §§ 149.691 through 149.699 of this part.

[USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, as amended by USCG-2013-0397, 78 FR 39180, July 1, 2013]