---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 154.315"
title: "46"
number: "154.315"
heading: "Cargo pump and cargo compressor rooms."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/154.315"
---

# §154.315. Cargo pump and cargo compressor rooms.

- (a) Cargo pump rooms and cargo compressor rooms must be above the weather deck and must be within the cargo area.
- (b) Where pumps and compressors are driven by a prime mover in an adjacent gas safe space:
  - (1) The bulkhead or deck must be gastight; and
  - (2) The shafting passing through the bulkhead or deck must be sealed by a fixed oil reservoir gland seal, a pressure grease seal, or another type of positive pressure seal specially approved by the Commandant (CG-ENG).

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 74-289, 44 FR 26009, May 3, 1979, as amended by CGD 82-063b, 48 FR 4782, Feb. 3, 1983]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3703, 9101; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 74-289, 44 FR 26009, May 3, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 74-289, 44 FR 26009, May 3, 1979, as amended by CGD 82-063b, 48 FR 4782, Feb. 3, 1983]