---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 45.141"
title: "46"
number: "45.141"
heading: "Manholes and flush scuttles."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/45.141"
---

# §45.141. Manholes and flush scuttles.


Manholes and flush scuttles in position 1 or 2 or within any superstructure other than an enclosed superstructure must have permanently attached covers, unless the cover is secured by closely spaced bolts around its entire perimeter.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 5104, 5108; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 73-49R, 38 FR 12290, May 10, 1973, unless otherwise noted.