---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 144.30-5"
title: "33"
number: "144.30-5"
heading: "Exposure suits."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/144.30-5"
---

# §144.30-5. Exposure suits.


Each foreign MODU must meet the requirements of [§ 144.20-5](/cfr/33/144.20-5.md) of this chapter, except as follows:

- (a) Exposure suits (immersion suits, survival suits, etc.) approved by the nation under which the MODU is documented may be used in lieu of suits approved under [46 CFR 160.071](/cfr/46/160.071.md), provided that they are accepted by the Commandant as providing equivalent thermal protection to the wearer. (Requests for acceptance of such suits should be sent to Commandant (CG-ENG-4), Attn: Lifesaving and Fire Safety Division, U.S. Coast Guard Stop 7509, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20593-7509, along with technical data supporting the thermal performance of the suits.)
- (b) Personal flotation device lights approved by the nation under which the MODU is documented may be used in lieu of lights approved under [46 CFR 161.012](/cfr/46/161.012.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 82-075b, 49 FR 4377, Feb. 6, 1984, as amended by CGD 88-052, 53 FR 25121, July 1, 1988; CGD 96-026, 61 FR 33665, June 28, 1996; USCG-2010-0351, 75 FR 36283, June 25, 2010; USCG-2014-0410, 79 FR 38435, July 7, 2014]

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 4, 67 Stat. 462 (43 U.S.C. 1333) as amended; 49 CFR 1.46(z).

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333d; 46 U.S.C. 3102(a); 46 CFR 1.46.

### Amendments

[CGD 82-075b, 49 FR 4377, Feb. 6, 1984, as amended by CGD 88-052, 53 FR 25121, July 1, 1988; CGD 96-026, 61 FR 33665, June 28, 1996; USCG-2010-0351, 75 FR 36283, June 25, 2010; USCG-2014-0410, 79 FR 38435, July 7, 2014]