Coast Guard, DHS § 150.511

Home , Lifeboat (rescue), Lifeboat (shipboard)

(c) A fall that cannot be turned end- under 46 CFR 160.151–57(m)(3)(ii), except for-end under paragraph (a) of this sec- that the operator may delay servicing tion must be carefully inspected be- by up to 5 months to meet the next tween 24 and 30 months after its instal- scheduled inspection of the deepwater lation. If the inspection shows that the port. The operator must also service fall is faultless, the fall may be contin- each inflatable liferaft: ued in service up to 4 years after its in- (1) Whenever the container of the raft stallation. It must be replaced by a is damaged; or new fall 4 years after installation. (2) Whenever the container straps or seals are broken. § 150.504 When must the operator service and examine lifeboat and rescue § 150.507 How must the operator serv- boat launching appliances? ice inflatable lifesaving appliances? (a) The operator must service launch- (a) The operator must service each ing appliances for lifeboats and rescue inflatable liferaft according to 46 CFR boats at intervals recommended in the subpart 160.151. manufacturer’s instructions under (b) The operator must service each § 150.502(a), or according to the deep- inflatable lifejacket according to 46 water port’s planned maintenance pro- CFR subpart 160.176. gram under § 150.502(b). (c) The operator must service each (b) The operator must thoroughly examine launching appliances for life- hybrid inflatable lifejacket according boats and rescue boats at intervals of to the owner’s manual and the proce- not more than 5 years. Upon comple- dures in 46 CFR subpart 160.077. tion of the examination, the operator § 150.508 What are the maintenance must subject the winch brakes of the and repair requirements for inflat- launching appliance to a dynamic test. able rescue boats? § 150.505 When must the operator serv- The operator must perform the main- ice and examine lifeboat and rescue tenance and repair of inflatable rescue boat release gear? boats according to the manufacturer’s (a) The operator must service life- instructions. boat and rescue boat release gear at in- OPERATIONAL TESTS AND INSPECTIONS tervals recommended in the manufac- (GENERAL) turer’s instructions under § 150.502(a), or according to the deepwater port’s § 150.509 How must emergency equip- planned maintenance program under ment be tested and inspected? § 150.502(b). (b) The operator must subject life- All lifesaving, firefighting, and other boat and rescue boat release gear to a emergency equipment at a deepwater thorough examination at each annual port must be tested and inspected self-certification inspection by per- under this subpart. sonnel trained in examining the gear. § 150.510 How must tested emergency equipment be operated? INFLATABLE LIFESAVING APPLIANCES The equipment must be operated § 150.506 When must the operator serv- under the operating instructions of the ice inflatable lifesaving appliances equipment’s manufacturer when tests and marine evacuation systems? or inspections include operational test- (a) The operator must service each ing of emergency equipment. inflatable lifejacket, hybrid inflatable lifejacket, and marine evacuation sys- § 150.511 What are the operational tem at 1-year intervals after its initial testing requirements for lifeboat packing. The operator may delay the and rescue boat release gear? servicing for up to 5 months to meet (a) Lifeboat and rescue boat release the next scheduled inspection of the gear must be operationally tested deepwater port. under a load of 1.1 times the total mass (b) The operator must service each of the lifeboat or rescue boat when inflatable liferaft no later than the loaded with its full complement of per- month and year on its servicing sticker sons and equipment.

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(b) The test must be conducted when- § 150.514 What are the annual tests ever the lifeboat, rescue boat, or its re- and inspections? lease gear is overhauled, or at least At least annually, the operator must: once every 5 years. (a) Strip, clean, thoroughly inspect, (c) The The Sector Commander, or and, if needed, repair each lifeboat, res- MSU Commander, with COTP and cue boat, and liferaft. At that time, the OCMI authority may consider alter- operator must also empty, clean, and nate operational test procedures to refill each fuel tank with fresh fuel; those under paragraph (a) of this sec- (b) Thoroughly inspect and, if needed, tion. repair each davit, winch, fall, and other launching device; [USCG–1998–3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, (c) Check all lifesaving equipment as amended by USCG–2013–0397, 78 FR 39182, July 1, 2013] and replace any item that is marked with an expiration date that has FREQUENCY OF TESTS AND INSPECTIONS passed; (d) Check all lifesaving equipment § 150.512 What occurs during the batteries and replace any battery that weekly tests and inspections? is marked with an expiration date that has passed; and The required weekly tests and inspec- (e) Replace any battery that is not tions of lifesaving equipment are as marked with an expiration date if that follows: battery is used in an item of lifesaving (a) The operator must visually in- equipment, except for a storage battery spect each survival craft, rescue boat, used in a lifeboat or rescue boat. and launching device to ensure its (f) The requirements in this section readiness for use; do not relieve the person in charge of (b) The operator must test the gen- the requirement to keep the equipment eral alarm system; and ready for immediate use. (c) The operator must test for readiness of the engine, starting device, and WEIGHT TESTING communications equipment of each lifeboat and rescue boat according to § 150.515 What are the requirements the manufacturer’s instructions. for weight testing of newly installed or relocated craft? § 150.513 What occurs during the (a) The operator must perform instal- monthly tests and inspections? lation weight testing, using the procedure outlined in 46 CFR 199.45(a)(1) on (a) The operator must inspect each each new lifeboat, rescue boat, and item of lifesaving equipment under davit-launched liferaft system. § 150.502(b) of this subpart monthly, to (b) The operator must conduct instal- ensure that the equipment is complete lation weight tests, according to para- and in good order. The operator must graph (a) of this section, when survival keep on the deepwater port, or in the crafts are relocated to another deep- operator’s principal office in the case water port. of an unmanned deepwater port, a report of the inspection that includes a § 150.516 What are the periodic re- statement as to the condition of the quirements for weight testing? equipment, and make the report avail- The operator must weight test, using able for review by the Coast Guard. the procedure outlined in 46 CFR (b) The operator must test, on a 199.45(a)(1), each lifeboat, davit- monthly basis, each emergency posi- launched liferaft, and rescue boat every tion indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) time a fall is replaced or turned end- and each search and rescue transponder for-end. (SART), other than an EPIRB or SART in an inflatable liferaft. The operator § 150.517 How are weight tests super- must test the EPIRB using the inte- vised? grated test circuit and output indi- (a) The installation and periodic cator to determine whether the EPIRB tests required by §§ 150.515 and 150.516 of is operational. this subpart must be supervised by a

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