---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 131.585"
title: "46"
number: "131.585"
heading: "Periodic servicing of hydrostatic-release units."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/131.585"
---

# §131.585. Periodic servicing of hydrostatic-release units.

- (a) Except a disposable hydrostatic-release unit with an expiration date, each hydrostatic-release unit must be serviced—
  - (1) Within 12 months of its manufacture and within 12 months of each subsequent servicing, except when a servicing due after 12 months is delayed not more than 5 months until the next scheduled inspection of the vessel; and
  - (2) In compliance with [subpart 160.062](/cfr/46/subpart160.062.md) of this chapter.
- (b) The springs of each spring-tensioned gripe used with a hydrostatic-release unit must be renewed when the unit is serviced and tested.

## 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.