---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 154.906"
title: "46"
number: "154.906"
heading: "Inert gas generators."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/154.906"
---

# §154.906. Inert gas generators.


The inert gas generator must:

- (a) Produce an inert gas containing less than 5% oxygen by volume;
- (b) Have a device to continuously sample the discharge of the generator for oxygen content; and
- (c) Have an audible and visual alarm in the cargo control station that alarms when the inert gas contains 5% or more oxygen by volume.

## Notes

### 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.