46 CFR § 111.05-33 - Equipment safety grounding (bonding) conductors.

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title: "46 CFR § 111.05-33 - Equipment safety grounding (bonding) conductors."
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# 111.05-33 Equipment safety grounding (bonding) conductors.

(a) Each equipment-grounding conductor must be sized in accordance with Section 250.122 of NFPA 70 (incorporated by reference; see § 110.10-1 of this subchapter).

(b) Each equipment-grounding conductor (other than a system-grounding conductor) of a cable must be permanently identified as a grounding conductor in accordance with the requirements of Section 250.119 of NFPA 70.

[USCG-2003-16630, 73 FR 65196, Oct. 31, 2008, as amended by USCG-2020-0072, 88 FR 16360, Mar. 16, 2023]