California Code of Regulations › Title 8 - Industrial Relations › Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations › Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety › Subchapter 18 - Ship Building, Ship Repairing and Ship Breaking Safety Orders › Article 4 - Control of Hazardous Work › Appendix B to Section 8355 - Confined and Enclosed Spaces and Other Dangerous Atmospheres in Shipyard Employment

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
This Appendix provides a complete reprint of U.S. Coast
						Guard regulations as of October 1, 1993 referenced in section
						8355 for purposes of determining
						who is a Coast Guard authorized person.
1. Title
						46 CFR
						35.01-1(a) through (c)
						covering hot work on tank vessels reads as follows:
(a) The provisions of "Standard for the Control of Gas
						Hazards on Vessels to be Repaired." NFPA No. 306, published by National Fire
						Protection Association, 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02269, shall be used as
						a guide in conducting the inspections and issuance of certificates required by
						this section.
(b) Until an inspection has been made to determine that
						such operation can be undertaken with safety, no alterations, repairs, or other
						such operations involving riveting, welding, burning, or like fire-producing
						actions shall be made:
(1) Within or on the boundaries of cargo tanks that have
						been used to carry flammable or combustible liquid or chemicals in bulk, or
						within spaces adjacent to such cargo tanks; or
(2) Within or on the boundaries of fuel tanks; or
(3) To pipelines, heating coils, pumps, fittings, or
						other appurtenances connected to such cargo or fuel tanks.
(c) Such inspections shall be made and evidenced as
						follows:
(1) In ports or places in the United States or its
						territories and possessions, the inspection shall be made by a Marine Chemist
						certificated by the National Fire Protection Association; however, if the
						services of such certified Marine Chemists are not reasonably available, the
						Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, upon the recommendation of the vessel
						owner and his contractor or their representative, shall select a person who, in
						the case of an individual vessel, shall be authorized to make such inspection.
						If the inspection indicates that such operations can be undertaken with safety,
						a certificate setting forth the fact in writing and qualified as may be
						required, shall be issued by the certified Marine Chemist or the authorized
						person before the work is started. Such qualifications shall include any
						requirements as may be deemed necessary to maintain, insofar as can reasonably
						be done, the safe conditions in the spaces certified, throughout the operation
						and shall include such additional tests and certifications as considered
						required. Such qualifications and requirements shall include precautions
						necessary to eliminate or minimize hazards that may be present from protective
						coatings or residues from cargoes.
2. Title
						46 CFR
						71.60(c)(1) covering hot
						work on passenger vessels reads as follows:
(a) The provisions of "Standard for the Control of Gas
						Hazards on Vessels to be Repaired," NFPA No. 306, published by National Fire
						Protection Association, 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02269, shall be used as
						a guide in conducting the inspections and issuance of certificates required by
						this section.
(b) Until an inspection has been made to determine that
						such operation can be undertaken with safety, repairs, or other such operations
						involving riveting, welding, burning, or like fire-producing actions shall be
						made:
(1) Within or on the boundaries of cargo tanks which have
						been used to carry flammable or combustible liquid or chemicals in bulk, or
						within spaces adjacent to such cargo tanks; or
(2) Within or on the boundaries of fuel tanks; or
(3) To pipe lines, heating coils, pumps, fittings, or
						other appurtenances connected to such cargo or fuel tanks.
(c) Such inspections shall be made and evidenced as
						follows:
(1) In ports or or places in the United States or its
						territories and possessions the inspection shall be made by a Marine Chemist
						certificated by the National Fire Protection Association; however, if the
						services of such certified Marine Chemist are not reasonably available, the
						Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, upon the recommendation of the vessel
						owner and his contractor or their representative, shall select a person who, in
						the case of an individual vessel, shall be authorized to make such inspection.
						If the inspection indicated that such operations can be undertaken with safety,
						a certificate setting forth the fact in writing and qualified as may be
						required, shall be issued by the certified Marine Chemist or the authorized
						person before the work is started. Such qualifications shall include any
						requirements as may be deemed necessary to maintain, insofar as can reasonably
						be done, the safe conditions in the spaces certified throughout the operation
						and shall include such additional tests and certifications as considered
						required. Such qualifications and requirements shall include precautions
						necessary to eliminate or minimize hazards that may be present from protective
						coatings or residues from cargoes.
3. Title
						46 CFR
						91.50-1(c)(1) covering
						hot work on cargo and miscellaneous vessels as follows:
(a) The provisions of "Standard for the Control of Gas
						Hazards on Vessels to be Repaired." NFPA No. 306, published by National Fire
						Protection Association, 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02269, shall be used as
						a guide in conducting the inspections and issuance of certificates required by
						this section.
(b) Until an inspection has been made to determine that
						such operation can be undertaken with safety, no alterations, repairs, or other
						such operations involving riveting, welding, burning, or like fire-producing
						actions shall be made:
(1) Within or on the boundaries of cargo tanks which have
						been used to carry flammable or combustible liquid or chemicals in bulk, or
						within spaces adjacent to such cargo tanks; or,
(2) Within or on the boundaries of fuel tanks; or,
(3) To pipe lines, heating coils, pumps, fittings, or
						other appurtenances connected to such cargo or fuel tanks.
(c) Such inspections shall be made and evidenced as
						follows:
(1) In ports or places in the United States or its
						territories and possessions the inspection shall be made by a Marine Chemist
						certificated by the National Fire Protection Association; however, if the
						services of such certified Marine Chemist are not reasonably available, the
						Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, upon the recommendation of the vessel
						owner and his contractor or their representative, shall select a person who, in
						the case of an individual vessel, shall be authorized to make such inspection.
						If the inspection indicated that such operations can be undertaken with safety,
						a certificate setting forth the fact in writing and qualified as may be
						required, shall be issued by the certified Marine Chemist or the authorized
						person before the work is started. Such qualifications shall include any
						requirements as may be deemed necessary to maintain, insofar as can reasonably
						be done, the safe conditions in the spaces certified throughout the operation
						and shall include such additional tests and certifications as considered
						required. Such qualifications and requirements shall include precautions
						necessary to eliminate or minimize hazards that may be present from protective
						coatings or residues from cargoes.