---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 32.53-10"
title: "46"
number: "32.53-10"
heading: "General—T/ALL."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/32.53-10"
---

# §32.53-10. General—T/ALL.

- (a) Each tankship to which this subpart applies must have an inert gas system that meets the requirements of this subpart and is approved in accordance with [46 CFR 50.20](/cfr/46/50.20.md).
- (b) Each inert gas system must be designed, constructed and installed in accordance with the provisions of SOLAS II-2, regulation 62, with the following provisions:
  - (1) **Acceptable types of water seals include the wet and semiwet type.** Other types of seals may be accepted on a case by case basis if approval is given by the Coast Guard Marine Safety Center.
  - (2) If a vapor collection system required to meet [part 39](/cfr/46/part39.md) of this subchapter is connected to the inert gas system, the instruction manual required by SOLAS II-2, regulation 62.21 must include procedures relating to vapor collection operations.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 74-127, 41 FR 3843, Jan. 26, 1976, as amended by CGD 95-028, 62 FR 51198, Sept. 30, 1997]

### Source

Source: CGD 74-127, 41 FR 3843, Jan. 26, 1976, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 3703, 3719; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4; Subpart 32.59 also issued under the authority of Sec. 4109, Pub. L. 101-380, 104 Stat. 515.

### Source

Source: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16671, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 74-127, 41 FR 3843, Jan. 26, 1976, as amended by CGD 95-028, 62 FR 51198, Sept. 30, 1997]