46 CFR § 109.425 - Repairs and alterations: Fire detecting and extinguishing equipment.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s109.425"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 109.425 - Repairs and alterations: Fire detecting and extinguishing equipment."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "109.425"
section_name: "Repairs and alterations: Fire detecting and extinguishing equipment."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "I-A"
subchapter_name: "A—MOBILE OFFSHORE DRILLING UNITS"
part_number: "109"
part_name: "OPERATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3306, 6101, 10104; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4."
regulatory_source: "CGD 73-251, 43 FR 56828, Dec. 4, 1978, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "109"
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# 109.425 Repairs and alterations: Fire detecting and extinguishing equipment.
(a) Before making repairs or alterations, except for routine maintenance, minor repairs, or emergency repairs or alterations to fire detecting and extinguishing equipment, the master or person in charge must report the nature of the repairs or alterations to the OCMI.
(b) When emergency repairs or alterations, other than minor emergency repairs, have been made to fire-detecting or fire-extinguishing equipment, the master or person in charge must report the nature of the repairs or alterations to the OCMI.
[CGD 84-069, 63 FR 52816, Oct. 1, 1998]