---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 108.431"
title: "46"
number: "108.431"
heading: "Carbon dioxide systems: General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/108.431"
---

# §108.431. Carbon dioxide systems: General.

- (a) [Sections 108.431 through 108.457](/cfr/46/108.431..108.457.md) apply to high pressure carbon dioxide fire extinguishing systems.
- (b) Low pressure systems, that is, those in which the carbon dioxide is stored in liquid form at low temperature, must be approved by the Commandant.
- (c) Each carbon dioxide system cylinder must be fabricated, tested, and marked in accordance with §§ [147.60](/cfr/46/147.60.md) and [147.65](/cfr/46/147.65.md) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 73-251, 43 FR 56808, Dec. 4, 1978, as amended by CGD 84-044, 53 FR 7749, Mar. 10, 1988]

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3102, 3306; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 73-251, 43 FR 56808, Dec. 4, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 73-251, 43 FR 56808, Dec. 4, 1978, as amended by CGD 84-044, 53 FR 7749, Mar. 10, 1988]