---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 128.440"
title: "46"
number: "128.440"
heading: "Bilge systems."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/128.440"
---

# §128.440. Bilge systems.

- (a) Except as provided by this section, each bilge system must comply with §§ [56.50-50](/cfr/46/56.50-50.md) and [56.50-55](/cfr/46/56.50-55.md) of this chapter.
- (b) If the steering room, engine room, centerline passageway, forward machinery space, and compartment containing the dry-mud tanks are the only below-deck spaces that must be fitted with bilge suctions, the vessel may be equipped to the standards of §§ [56.50-50](/cfr/46/56.50-50.md) and [56.50-57](/cfr/46/56.50-57.md) of this chapter applicable to a dry-cargo vessel of less than 55 meters (180 feet) in length.

## 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 49331, Sept. 19, 1997, unless otherwise noted.