---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 183.530"
title: "46"
number: "183.530"
heading: "Hazardous areas."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/183.530"
---

# §183.530. Hazardous areas.

- (a) Electrical equipment in spaces containing machinery powered by, or fuel tanks for, gasoline or other fuels having a flashpoint of 43.3 °C (110 °F) or lower must be explosion-proof or ignition-protected, or be part of an intrinsically safe system.
- (b) Electrical equipment in lockers used to store paint, oil, turpentine, or other flammable liquids must be explosion-proof or be part of an intrinsically safe system.
- (c) Explosion-proof equipment and intrinsically safe systems must meet the requirements of [§ 111.105](/cfr/46/111.105.md) in subchapter J of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 997, Jan. 10, 1996; 61 FR 24465, May 15, 1996]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 85-080, 61 FR 997, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 997, Jan. 10, 1996; 61 FR 24465, May 15, 1996]