---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 96.30-5"
title: "46"
number: "96.30-5"
heading: "General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/96.30-5"
---

# §96.30-5. General.

- (a) Each self-contained breathing apparatus must be of the pressure-demand, open-circuit type, approved by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and have at a minimum a 30-minute air supply, a full facepiece, and a spare charge.
- (b) All equipment shall be maintained in an operative condition, and it shall be the responsibility of the master and chief engineer to ascertain that a sufficient number of the crew are familiar with the operation of the equipment.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 86-036, 57 FR 48325, Oct. 23, 1992; 57 FR 56406, Nov. 27, 1992]

### Source

Source: CGD 86-036, 57 FR 48325, Oct. 23, 1992, 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 17008, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 86-036, 57 FR 48325, Oct. 23, 1992; 57 FR 56406, Nov. 27, 1992]