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Title 33: Navigation and Navigable Waters
CHAPTER I: COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
SUBCHAPTER S: BOATING SAFETY
PART 183: BOATS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
Subpart J: Fuel Systems
: Equipment Standards
183.520 - Fuel tank vent systems.
(a) Each fuel tank must have a vent system that prevents pressure in the tank from exceeding 80 percent of the pressure marked on the tank label under ? 183.514(b)(5).
(b) Each vent must:
(1) Have a flame arrester that can be cleaned unless the vent is itself a flame arrestor; and
(2) Not allow a fuel overflow at the rate of up to two gallons per minute to enter the boat.
[CGD 74-209, 42 FR 5950, Jan. 31, 1977, as amended by CGD 77-98, 42 FR 36253, July 14, 1977]
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