---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 182.540"
title: "46"
number: "182.540"
heading: "Ballast systems."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/182.540"
---

# §182.540. Ballast systems.

- (a) Ballast piping must not be installed in any compartment integral with the hull of a wooden vessel. Where the carriage of liquid ballast in such a vessel is necessary, suitable ballast tanks, structurally independent of the hull, must be provided.
- (b) Solid and water ballast must comply with the requirements of [part 178](/cfr/46/part178.md) of this subchapter.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: CGD 85-080, 61 FR 986, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted.