46 CFR § 190.15-15 - Ventilation for living spaces and quarters.

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title: "46 CFR § 190.15-15 - Ventilation for living spaces and quarters."
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title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "190.15-15"
section_name: "Ventilation for living spaces and quarters."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
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subchapter_name: "OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH VESSELS"
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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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# 190.15-15 Ventilation for living spaces and quarters.

(a) All living spaces shall be adequately ventilated in a manner suitable to the purpose of the space.

(b) All spaces used as quarters for crewmembers and scientific personnel shall be ventilated by a mechanical system unless it can be shown that a natural system will provide adequate ventilation. By a natural system is meant those spaces so located that the windows, ports, skylights, etc., and doors to passageways can be kept open and thereby provide adequate ventilation under all ordinary conditions of weather.