---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 167.20-15"
title: "46"
number: "167.20-15"
heading: "Scupper, sanitary and similar discharges."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/167.20-15"
---

# §167.20-15. Scupper, sanitary and similar discharges.

- (a) All scupper, sanitary, and other similar discharges which lead through the ship's hull shall be fitted with efficient means for preventing the ingress of water in the event of a fracture of such pipes. The requirements do not apply to the discharges in the machinery space connected with the main and auxiliary engines, pumps, etc.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3307, 6101, 8105; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGFR 51-11, 16 FR 3218, Apr. 12, 1951, unless otherwise noted.