Current through September 30, 2024
Section 111.105-32 - Bulk liquefied flammable gas and ammonia carriers(a) Each vessel that carries bulk liquefied flammable gases or ammonia as a cargo, cargo residue, or vapor must meet the requirements of this section.(b) As used in this section: (1) The terms "gas-safe" and "gas-dangerous" spaces are used as defined in § 154.7 of this chapter.(2) The term "gas-dangerous" does not include the weather deck of an ammonia carrier.(c) Each submerged cargo pump motor design must receive concept approval by the Commandant (CG-ENG) and its installation must receive plan approval by the Commanding Officer, Marine Safety Center.(d) Electrical equipment must not be installed in a gas-dangerous space or zone, except: (1) Intrinsically safe electrical equipment and wiring, and(2) Other equipment as allowed in this section.(e) A submerged cargo pump motor, if installed in a cargo tank, must meet § 111.105-31(d) .(f) Electrical equipment must not be installed in a hold space that has a tank that is not required to have a secondary barrier under § 154.459 of this chapter, except: (1) Through runs of marine shipboard cable;(2) Explosionproof lighting fixtures;(3) Depth sounding devices in gastight enclosures;(4) Log devices in gastight enclosures;(5) Impressed current cathodic protection system electrodes in gastight enclosures; and(6) Armored or MI type cable for a submerged cargo pump motor.(g) Electrical equipment must not be installed in a space that is separated by a gastight steel boundary from a hold space that has a tank that must have a secondary barrier under the requirements of § 154.459 of this chapter, except: (1) Through runs of marine shipboard cable;(2) Explosionproof lighting fixtures;(3) Depth sounding devices in gastight enclosures;(4) Log devices in gastight enclosures;(5) Impressed current cathodic protection system electrodes in gastight enclosures;(6) Explosionproof motors that operate cargo system valves or ballast system valves;(7) Explosionproof bells for general alarm systems; and(8) Armored or MI type cable for a submerged cargo pump motor.(h) A cargo-handling room must not have any installed electrical equipment, except explosionproof lighting fixtures.(i) A space for cargo hose storage or a space that has cargo piping must not have any installed electrical equipment, except:(1) Explosionproof lighting fixtures; and(2) Through runs of marine shipboard cable.(j) A gas dangerous zone on the open deck must not have any installed electrical equipment, except: (1) Explosionproof equipment that is necessary for the operation of the vessel; and(2) Through runs of marine shipboard cable.(k) A space, except those named in paragraphs (f) through (i) of this section, that has a direct opening to gas-dangerous spaces or zones must have no electrical equipment except as allowed in the gas-dangerous space or zone.(l) Each gas-dangerous space that has lighting fixtures must have at least two branch circuits for lighting.(m) Each switch and each overcurrent protective device for any lighting circuit that is in a gas-dangerous space must open all conductors of the circuit simultaneously.(n) Each switch and each overcurrent protective device for lighting in a gas-dangerous space must be in a gas-safe space.CGD 74-125A, 47 FR 15236, Apr. 8, 1982, as amended by CGD 77-069, 52 FR 31626, Aug. 21, 1987; CGD 94-108, 61 FR 28285, June 4, 1996; 62 FR 23909, May 1, 1997; USCG-2009-0702, 74 FR 49234, Sept. 25, 2009; USCG-2012-0832, 77 FR 59781, Oct. 1, 2012