---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 62.25-10"
title: "46"
number: "62.25-10"
heading: "Manual alternate control systems."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/62.25-10"
---

# §62.25-10. Manual alternate control systems.

- (a) **Manual alternate control systems must—**
  - (1) Be operable in an emergency and after a remote or automatic primary control system failure;
  - (2) Be suitable for manual control for prolonged periods;
  - (3) Be readily accessible and operable; and
  - (4) Include means to override automatic controls and interlocks, as applicable.
- (b) Permanent communications must be provided between primary remote control locations and manual alternate control locations if operator attendance is necessary to maintain safe alternate control.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 81-030, 53 FR 17838, May 18, 1988, as amended by USCG-2020-0634, 89 FR 50191, June 12, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703, 8105; sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 81-030, 53 FR 17838, May 18, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 81-030, 53 FR 17838, May 18, 1988, as amended by USCG-2020-0634, 89 FR 50191, June 12, 2024]