---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 98.25-75"
title: "46"
number: "98.25-75"
heading: "Ventilation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/98.25-75"
---

# §98.25-75. Ventilation.

- (a) All enclosed spaces containing cargo tanks fitted with bottom outlet connections shall be provided with mechanical ventilation of sufficient capacity to assure a change of air every 3 minutes. Where cargo tanks are fitted with top outlet connections, the enclosed spaces containing such tanks shall be fitted with efficient natural or mechanical ventilation.
- (b) Enclosed compartments in which machinery such as cargo pumps or vapor compressors are located shall be adequately ventilated.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1903; 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3307, 3703; 49 U.S.C. App. 1804; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 17022, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.