---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 169.323"
title: "46"
number: "169.323"
heading: "Furniture and furnishings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/169.323"
---

# §169.323. Furniture and furnishings.


Each sailing school vessel certificated to carry 100 persons or less or having overnight accommodations for less than 50 persons must meet the following requirements:

- (a) Except as provided by [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, all free-standing furniture must be constructed of noncombustible material. Upholstery and padding used in furniture must be of fire resistant materials.
- (b) Existing solid wooden furniture may be retained on existing vessels.
- (c) Draperies must be fabricated of fire resistant fabrics.
- (d) Rugs and carpets must be of wool or other material having equivalent fire resistant qualities.
- (e) Trash receptacles must be constructed of non-combustible materials with solid sides and bottoms and have solid noncombustible covers.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j); 46 U.S.C. 3306, 6101; Pub. L. 103-206, 107 Stat. 2439; E.O. 11735, 38 FR 21243, 3 CFR, 1971-1975 Comp., p. 793; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4; § 169.117 also issued under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 3507.

### Source

Source: CGD 83-005, 51 FR 896, Jan. 9, 1986, unless otherwise noted.