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CCLME.ORG - 46 CFR PART 197—GENERAL PROVISIONS
1-46CFR197.txt - CFR - 4/18/2006 0:00:00 - Regulation - US
Source: CGD 76–009, 43 FR 53683, Nov. 16, 1978, unless otherwise noted.
§ 197.200 Purpose of subpart.
§ 197.202 Applicability.
(a) This subpart applies to commercial diving operations taking place at any deepwater port or the safety zone thereof as defined in 33 CFR part 150; from any artificial island, installation, or other device on the Outer Continental Shelf and the waters adjacent thereto as defined in 33 CFR part 147 or otherwise related to activities on the Outer Continental Shelf; and from all vessels required to have a certificate of inspection issued by the Coast Guard including mobile offshore drilling units regardless of their geographic location, or from any vessel connected with a deepwater port or within the deepwater port safety zone, or from any vessel engaged in activities related to the Outer Continental Shelf; except that this subpart does not apply to any diving operation—
(b) Diving operations may deviate from the requirements of this subpart to the extent necessary to prevent or minimize a situation which is likely to cause death, injury, or major environmental damage. The circumstances leading to the situation, the deviations made, and the corrective action taken, if appropriate, to reduce the possibility of recurrence shall be recorded by the diving supervisor in the logbook as required by §197.482(c).
§ 197.203 Right of appeal.
§ 197.204 Definitions.
ASME PVHO–1 means the ANSI/ASME standard “Safety Standard for Pressure Vessels for Human Occupancy.”
§ 197.205 Availability of standards.
[CGD 76–009, 43 FR 53683, Nov. 16, 1978, as amended by CGD 96–041, 61 FR 50735, Sept. 27, 1996]
§ 197.206 Substitutes for required equipment, materials, apparatus, arrangements, procedures, or tests.
§ 197.208 Designation of person-in-charge.
§ 197.210 Designation of diving supervisor.
The name of the diving supervisor for each commercial diving operation shall be—
§ 197.300 Applicability.
(c) All repairs and modifications to pressure vessels used for commercial diving operations must be made in accordance with the requirements of section VIII, division 1 or division 2 of the ASME Code, ASME PVHO–1, part 54 of this chapter, or 49 CFR 173.34, as applicable.
§ 197.310 Air compressor system.
A compressor used to supply breathing air to a diver must have—
(a) A volume tank that is—
(1) Built and stamped in accordance with section VIII, division 1 of the ASME Code with—
(2) Tested after every repair, modification, or alteration to the pressure boundaries as required by §197.462;
§ 197.312 Breathing supply hoses.
(a) Each breathing supply hose must—
(1) Have a maximum working pressure that is equal to or exceeds—
(3) Have connectors that—
(4) Resist kinking by—
(b) Each umbilical must—
§ 197.314 First aid and treatment equipment.
(a) Each dive location must have—
(1) A medical kit approved by a physician that consists of—
(c) Each dive location supporting mixed-gas dives, dives deeper than 130 fsw, or dives outside the no-decompression limits must meet the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section and have—
(4) The medical kit required by paragraph (a)(1) of this section that is—
§ 197.318 Gages and timekeeping devices.
§ 197.320 Diving ladder and stage.
(a) Each diving ladder must—
(5) Be—(i) Made of corrosion-resistant material; or
(b) Each diving stage must—
(3) Be available for a diver to enter or exit the water from the dive location and for in-water decompression if the diver is—
(4) Be—(i) Made of corrosion-resistant material; or
§ 197.322 Surface-supplied helmets and masks.
(a) Each surface-supplied helmet or mask must have—
(b) Each surface-supplied air helmet or mask must—
§ 197.324 Diver's safety harness.
Each safety harness used in surface-supplied diving must have—
(b) An attachment point for the umbilical life line that—
§ 197.326 Oxygen safety.
§ 197.328 PVHO—General.
(a) Each PVHO, contracted for or purchased after February 1, 1979, must be built and stamped in accordance with ASME PVHO–1.
(c) To be approved under paragraph (b), a PVHO must be—
(1) Constructed in accordance with part 54 of this chapter; or—
(2) Be built in accordance with section VIII, division 1 or division 2 of the ASME Code; and—
(i) Have the plans approved in accordance with §54.01–18 of this chapter;
(iii) Pass—(A) The hydrostatic test described in §54.10–10 of this chapter; or
(B) The pneumatic test described in §54.10–15 of this chapter and such additional tests as the Officer-in-Charge, Marine Inspection (OCMI) may require.
(d) Each PVHO must—
(3) Have the pressure relief device required by ASME PVHO–1;
(5) Have a two-way voice communications system allowing communications between an occupant in one pressurized compartment of the PVHO and—
(7) Have a pressure gage in the interior of each compartment that is—
(9) Have viewports that meet the requirements of ASME PVHO–1 except those PVHO's approved under paragraph (b) of this section which have nonacrylic viewports;
(10) Have means of illumination sufficient to allow an occupant to—
(19) Be tested after every repair, modification, or alteration to the pressure boundaries as required by §197.462.
§ 197.330 PVHO—Closed bells.
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each closed bell must meet the requirements of §197.328 and—
(5) Be constructed and equipped as required by §197.332;
(8) Have a life support capability for the intact closed bell and its occupants for—
(b) A closed bell that does not meet the requirements of paragraphs (a)(3), (a)(4), and (a)(5) of this section, must be capable of attachment to another PVHO that—
§ 197.332 PVHO—Decompression chambers.
Each decompression chamber must—
(a) Meet the requirements of §197.328;
(h) Have a minimum pressure capability of—
(2) The maximum depth of the dive, when used for diving operations deeper than 300 fsw, unless a closed bell meeting the requirements of §197.330(a) (3), (4), and (5) is used;
(m) Have a sound-powered headset or telephone as a backup to the communications system required by §197.328(c) (5) and (6), except when that communications system is a sound-powered system.
§ 197.334 Open diving bells.
Each open diving bell must—
(d) Be—(1) Made of corrosion-resisting material; or
§ 197.336 Pressure piping.
Piping systems that are not an integral part of the vessel or facility, carrying fluids under pressures exceeding 15 psig must—
(c) Be tested after every repair, modification, or alteration to the pressure boundaries as set forth in §197.462.
§ 197.338 Compressed gas cylinders.
Each compressed gas cylinder must—
(d) Be tested after any repair, modification, or alteration to the pressure boundaries as set forth in §197.462; and
(e) Meet the requirements of—
§ 197.340 Breathing gas supply.
(3) The decompression chamber, when required by §197.432(e)(2) or by §197.434(a) for the duration of the dive and for one hour after completion of the planned dive.
(5) A closed bell when provided or required by §197.434(d).
(6) An open bell when provided or required by §197.432(e)(4) or by §197.434(c).
(4) The decompression chamber when required by §197.432(e)(2) or by §197.434(a) for the duration of the dive and one hour after the completion of the planned dive.
(c) A diver-carried reserve breathing gas supply for surface-supplied diving must be sufficient to allow the diver to—
(f) Oxygen used for breathing mixtures must—
(1) Meet the requirements of Federal Specification BB-0–925a; and
(g) Nitrogen used for breathing mixtures must—
(1) Meet the requirements of Federal Specification BB-N–411c;
(i) Compressed air used for breathing mixtures must—
(3) Have no more than—
§ 197.342 Buoyancy-changing devices.
§ 197.344 Inflatable floatation devices.
An inflatable floatation device for SCUBA diving must—
§ 197.346 Diver's equipment.
(a) Each diver using SCUBA must have—
(1) Self-contained underwater breathing equipment including—
(ii) A diver-carried reserve breathing gas supply provided by—
(b) Each diver using a heavyweight diving outfit must—
(d) Each diver using a lightweight diving outfit must have—
(f) Each surface-supplied dive operation outside the no-compression limits, deeper than 130 fsw, or using mixed-gas as a breathing mixture must have at the dive location—
§ 197.400 Applicability.
§ 197.402 Responsibilities of the person-in-charge.
(a) The person-in-charge shall—
(2) Prior to permitting any commercial diving operation to commence, have—
(i) The designation of the diving supervisor for each diving operation as required by §197.210;
(ii) A report on—
(b) Prior to permitting any commerical diving operation involving liveboating to commence, the person-in-charge shall insure that—
§ 197.404 Responsibilities of the diving supervisor.
(2) Be fully cognizant of the provisions of the operations manual required by §197.420;
(4) Prior to the commencement of any commercial diving operation, provide the report required by §197.402 to the person-in-charge;
(5) Coordinate with the person-in-charge any changes that are made to the report required by §197.402; and
§ 197.410 Dive procedures.
(a) The diving supervisor shall insure that—
(1) Before commencing diving operations, dive team members are briefed on—
(5) A two-way voice communication system is used between—
(7) After the completion of each dive—
(i) The physical condition of the diver is checked by—
(8) For any dive outside the no-decompression limits, deeper than 130 fsw, or using mixed-gas as a breathing mixture—
(9) When decompression sickness or gas embolism is suspected or symptoms are evident, a report is completed containing—
(i) The investigation for each incident including—
(ii) The evaluation for each incident based on—
(b) The diving supervisor shall ensure that the working interval of a dive is terminated when he so directs or when—
(3) Communications are lost and can not be quickly reestablished between—
§ 197.420 Operations manual.
(b) The operations manual must be modified in writing when adaptation is required because of—
(4) Emergency procedures for—
(5) Procedures dealing with the use of—
§ 197.430 SCUBA diving.
The diving supervisor shall insure that—
(a) SCUBA diving is not conducted—
(b) The SCUBA diver has the equipment required by §197.346(a);
§ 197.432 Surface-supplied air diving.
(e) For dives deeper than 130 fsw or outside the no-decompression limits—
(f) The surface-supplied air diver has the equipment required by §197.346 (b) or (d).
§ 197.434 Surface-supplied mixed-gas diving.
(a) When mixed-gas diving is conducted, a decompression chamber or a closed bell meeting the requirements of §197.332 is ready for use at the dive location;
(g) When saturation diving is conducted—
(j) Each diving operation has a primary and secondary breathing gas supply meeting the requirements of §197.340; and
(k) The surface-supplied mixed-gas diver has the equipment required by §197.346 (b) or (d).
§ 197.436 Liveboating.
(a) During liveboating operations, the person-in-charge shall insure that—
(2) Liveboating operations are not conducted—
(c) During liveboating operations, the diving supervisor shall insure that—
§ 197.450 Breathing gas tests.
(a) The output of each air compressor is tested and meets the requirements of §197.340 for quality and quantity by means of samples taken at the connection point to the distribution system—
(b) Purchased supplies of breathing mixtures supplied to a diver are checked before being placed on line for—
(1) Certification that the supply meets the requirements of §197.340; and
§ 197.452 Oxygen cleaning.
The diving supervisor shall ensure that equipment used with oxygen or oxygen mixtures greater than 40 percent by volume is cleaned of flammable materials—
§ 197.454 First aid and treatment equipment.
§ 197.456 Breathing supply hoses.
(2) Each breathing supply hose assembly, prior to being placed into initial service and after any repair, modification, or alteration, is tensile tested by—
(3) Each breathing supply hose is periodically checked for—
(b) To meet the requirements of paragraph (a)(3) of this section, each breathing supply hose must be—
§ 197.458 Gages and timekeeping devices.
§ 197.460 Diving equipment.
The diving supervisor shall insure that the diving equipment designated for use in a dive under §197.346 is inspected before each dive.
§ 197.462 Pressure vessels and pressure piping.
(3) Equivalent nondestructive testing may be conducted in lieu of pressure testing. Proposals to use nondestructive testing in lieu of pressure testing shall be submitted to the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection. (continued)