---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 109.209"
title: "46"
number: "109.209"
heading: "Appliances for watertight integrity."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/109.209"
---

# §109.209. Appliances for watertight integrity.

- (a) Before getting underway, the master or person in charge shall insure that each appliance for watertight integrity is closed and watertight.
- (b) If existing conditions warrant, the master or person in charge may permit appliances for watertight integrity to be open while afloat.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3306, 6101, 10104; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 73-251, 43 FR 56828, Dec. 4, 1978, unless otherwise noted.