---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 131.570"
title: "46"
number: "131.570"
heading: "Quarterly inspections."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/131.570"
---

# §131.570. Quarterly inspections.

- (a) Each apparatus that controls a lifeboat winch, including motor controllers, emergency switches, master switches, and limit switches, must be inspected once each 3 months.
- (b) The inspection must involve the removal of drain plugs and the opening of drain valves to ensure that enclosures are free of water.
- (c) The date of the inspection required by this section and the condition of the equipment must be entered in the vessel's logbook.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j); 46 U.S.C. 3306, 6101, 10104; E.O. 12234, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; E.O. 12777, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4. Section 131.990 also issued under sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905.

### Source

Source: CGD 82-004 and CGD 86-074, 62 FR 49340, Sept. 19, 1997, unless otherwise noted.