§130.440. Communications system.
46 C.F.R. § 130.440
Each OSV must have a communications system to immediately summon a crew member to the machinery space wherever one of the alarms required by § 130.460 of this subpart is activated.
The communications system must be either—
An alarm that—
Is dedicated for this purpose;
Sounds in the crew accommodations and the normally manned spaces; and
Is operable from the pilothouse; or
A telephone operated from the pilothouse that reaches the master's stateroom, engineer's stateroom, engine room, and crew accommodations that either—
Is a sound-powered telephone; or
Gets its power from the emergency switchboard or from an independent battery continuously charged by its own charger.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Authority
Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1. Sections 130.140 and 130.400 also issued under sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905.
Source
Source: CGD 82-004 and CGD 86-074, 62 FR 49337, Sept. 19, 1997, unless otherwise noted.