---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 154.544"
title: "46"
number: "154.544"
heading: "Quick-closing shut-off valves."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/154.544"
---

# §154.544. Quick-closing shut-off valves.


The quick-closing shut-off valve under §§ [154.530](/cfr/46/154.530.md), [154.532](/cfr/46/154.532.md) and [154.538](/cfr/46/154.538.md) must:

- (a) Be a shut-off valve;
- (b) Close from the time of actuation in 30 seconds or less;
- (c) Be the fail-closed type; and
- (d) **Be capable of local manual closing.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 74-289, 44 FR 26009, May 3, 1979, as amended by CGD 77-069, 52 FR 31630, Aug. 21, 1987]

### 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 77-069, 52 FR 31630, Aug. 21, 1987]