---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 95.16-1"
title: "46"
number: "95.16-1"
heading: "Application."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/95.16-1"
---

# §95.16-1. Application.

- (a) “Clean agent” means a halocarbon or inert gas used as a fire extinguishing agent.
- (b) A clean agent extinguishing system must comply with this part. Systems contracted for prior to July 9, 2012, may, as an alternative, comply with [46 CFR 95.16-90](/cfr/46/95.16-90.md).
- (c) **Each clean agent system must—**
  - (1) Be of a total flooding type to protect against Class B and Class C hazards as defined in [46 CFR 95.50-5](/cfr/46/95.50-5.md);
  - (2) Address and minimize any hazard to personnel created by the effects of extinguishing agent decomposition products and combustion products, especially the effects of decomposition product hydrogen fluoride (HF), if applicable;
  - (3) Be accompanied by an approved manufacturer's design, installation, operation, and maintenance manual;
  - (4) Be used only to protect enclosed spaces;
  - (5) Not employ electric power for system actuation or controls; and
  - (6) Not use any source of power for alarms in protected spaces, other than the extinguishing agent, gas from pilot cylinders, or gas from cylinders specifically provided to power the alarms.

## Notes

### Source

Source: USCG-2006-24797, 77 FR 33879, June 7, 2012, unless otherwise noted.

### 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: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 17001, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.