MRS. BALEY

Each vessel certificated to operate on a limited coastwise route within three miles of land in warm water must be provided with life floats of an aggregate capacity that will accommodate at least 50% of the total number of persons permitted on board; or meet either the standards for collision bulkheads in § 179.310 of this chapter or § 171.085 in subchapter S of this chapter, and the standards for subdivision in §§ 179.220 and 179.320 of this chapter, or the standards for subdivision and damaged stability in §§ 171.070 through 171.073 and 171.080 in subchapter S of this chapter, as appropriate, and not be required to carry survival craft; Or have on board a FCC Type Accepted Category 1 406 MHz EPIRB, installed to automatically float free and activate. Vessel did not posses EPIRB, Life float, or proof of subchapter T subdivision.

Rails or equivalent protection must be installed near the periphery of all decks of a vessel accessible to passengers or crew. Fixed rails across the bow of the loading deck would inhibit the intended use, install removable equivalent protection such as wire ropes or chains.

Where a flexible fill pipe section is necessary and is a nonconductor of electricity, the metallic sections of the fill pipe separated thereby must be joined by a conductor for protection against generation of a static charge when filling with fuel. Vessels fuel fill pipes are not fitted with electrical conductors.