46 CFR § 190.10-5 - Two means required.

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title: "46 CFR § 190.10-5 - Two means required."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "190.10-5"
section_name: "Two means required."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
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subchapter_name: "OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH VESSELS"
part_number: "190"
part_name: "CONSTRUCTION AND ARRANGEMENT"
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authority: "46 U.S.C. 2113, 3306; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1."
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# 190.10-5 Two means required.

(a) There shall be at least two means of escape from all general areas where the crew or scientific personnel may be quartered or normally employed. At least one of these two means of escape shall be independent of watertight doors and hatches, except for quick acting watertight doors giving final access to weather decks.