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§160.073-1. Scope.

46 C.F.R. § 160.073-1

(a)
This subpart contains requirements for a float-free link used for connecting a life float or buoyant apparatus painter to a vessel. The float-free link is designed to be broken by the buoyant force of the life float or buoyant apparatus so that the float or apparatus breaks free of a vessel that sinks in water deeper than the length of the painter.
(b)
[Reserved]
Notes, amendments, and revision history

Source

Source: CGD 79-167, 47 FR 41378, Sept. 20, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 3703, 4302; E.O. 12234; 45 FR 58801; 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; and DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.