---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 119.510"
title: "46"
number: "119.510"
heading: "Bilge piping system."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/119.510"
---

# §119.510. Bilge piping system.


A vessel must be provided with a piping system that meets [§ 56.50-50](/cfr/46/56.50-50.md) in subchapter F of this chapter, with the following exceptions:

- (a) The space forward of the collision bulkhead need not be fitted with a bilge suction line when the arrangement of the vessel is such that ordinary leakage may be removed from this compartment by the use of a hand portable bilge pump or other equipment, and such equipment is provided; and
- (b) The vessel need not comply with [§ 56.50-50(f)](/cfr/46/56.50-50.md?p=f) in subchapter F of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 922, Jan. 10, 1996, as amended by CGD 97-057, 62 FR 51047, Sept. 30, 1997]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3.

### Source

Source: CGD 85-080, 61 FR 922, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 922, Jan. 10, 1996, as amended by CGD 97-057, 62 FR 51047, Sept. 30, 1997]