---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 127.250"
title: "46"
number: "127.250"
heading: "Ventilation for enclosed spaces."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/127.250"
---

# §127.250. Ventilation for enclosed spaces.

- (a) Each enclosed space within the vessel must be properly vented or ventilated. Means must be provided for closing each vent and ventilator.
- (b) Means must be provided for stopping each fan in a ventilation system serving machinery and cargo spaces and for closing, in case of fire, each doorway, ventilator, and annular space around funnels and other openings into such spaces.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306; sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 82-004 and CGD 86-074, 62 FR 49328, Sept. 19, 1997, unless otherwise noted.