---identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s32.70-10"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "46 CFR § 32.70-10 - Cofferdams—TB/ALL."title_number: 46title_name: "Shipping"section_number: "32.70-10"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: falsecurrency: "2026-04-05"last_updated: "2026-04-05"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"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t46/s32.70-10
Currency
2026-04-05
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-04-05
Chapter
Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
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.... 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.
# 32.70-10 Cofferdams—TB/ALL.Tank vessels carrying Grade A, B, or C liquids shall be required to conform to the construction requirements in regard to vertical cofferdams in § 32.65-15, except that a dry cargo compartment shall be considered to be equivalent to a cofferdam, and except as provided for in § 32.70-20.