---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 149.660"
title: "33"
number: "149.660"
heading: "What are the requirements for emergency power?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/149.660"
---

# §149.660. What are the requirements for emergency power?

- (a) Each pumping platform complex must have emergency power equipment including a power source, associated transforming equipment, and a switchboard to provide power to simultaneously operate all of the following for a continuous period of 18 hours:
  - (1) Emergency lighting circuits;
  - (2) Aids to navigation equipment;
  - (3) Communications equipment;
  - (4) Radar equipment;
  - (5) Alarm systems;
  - (6) Electrically operated fire pumps; and
  - (7) Other electrical equipment identified as emergency equipment in the operations manual for the deepwater port.
- (b) **The equipment required by paragraph (a) of this section must—**
  - (1) All be located in the same space; and
  - (2) Contain only machinery and equipment for the supply of emergency power (i.e., no oil or natural gas transfer pumping equipment) in accordance with [46 CFR 112.05](/cfr/46/112.05.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, as amended by USCG-2013-0397, 78 FR 39180, July 1, 2013]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1504, 1509; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, as amended by USCG-2013-0397, 78 FR 39180, July 1, 2013]