Regulations last checked for updates: Dec 18, 2025

Title 46 - Shipping last revised: Nov 24, 2025
§ 147A.13 - Person in charge of the vessel; before fumigation.

(a) After notice under § 147A.11 (a)(5), the person in charge of the vessel shall notify the crew and all other persons on board the vessel who are not participating in the fumigation of the spaces that are determined to be safe for occupancy under § 147A.11(b)(1)(i).

(b) If no spaces are determined to be safe for occupancy under § 147A.11 (b)(1)(i), the person in charge of the vessel shall ensure that the crew and all persons who are not participating in the fumigation leave the vessel and remain away during fumigation.

authority: 46 U.S.C. 5103; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1
source: CGD 74-144, 39 FR 32998, Sept. 13, 1974, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 46 CFR 147A.13