46 CFR § 128.440 - Bilge systems.

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title: "46 CFR § 128.440 - Bilge systems."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "128.440"
section_name: "Bilge systems."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "L"
subchapter_name: "OFFSHORE SUPPLY VESSELS"
part_number: "128"
part_name: "MARINE ENGINEERING: EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "46 U.S.C. 3306; sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1."
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# 128.440 Bilge systems.

(a) Except as provided by this section, each bilge system must comply with §§ 56.50-50 and 56.50-55 of this chapter.

(b) If the steering room, engine room, centerline passageway, forward machinery space, and compartment containing the dry-mud tanks are the only below-deck spaces that must be fitted with bilge suctions, the vessel may be equipped to the standards of §§ 56.50-50 and 56.50-57 of this chapter applicable to a dry-cargo vessel of less than 55 meters (180 feet) in length.