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46 CFR § 32.65-15 - Cofferdams—tb/all.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s32.65-15"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 32.65-15 - Cofferdams—TB/ALL."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "32.65-15"
section_name: "Cofferdams—TB/ALL."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "TANK VESSELS"
part_number: "32"
part_name: "SPECIAL EQUIPMENT, MACHINERY, AND HULL REQUIREMENTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 3703, 3719; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4; Subpart 32.59 also issued under the authority of Sec. 4109, Pub. L. 101-380, 104 Stat. 515."
regulatory_source: "CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16671, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "32"
---

# 32.65-15 Cofferdams—TB/ALL.

Tank vessels equipped to carry Grade A, B, C, or D liquids shall have their galleys, living quarters, general cargo spaces, boiler rooms, and enclosed spaces containing propelling machinery or other machinery where sources of vapor ignition are normally present, segregated from their cargo tanks by cofferdams or equivalent pumprooms, tanks, or air spaces.