Regulations last checked for updates: May 18, 2024

Title 46 - Shipping last revised: May 14, 2024
§ 32.56-40 - Category A machinery spaces: Insulation—T/ALL.

Structural insulation within category A machinery spaces must have a barrier such as metal foil, sheet metal, cementitious coating, or other vapor barrier so that the surface of that insulation is impervious to oil and oil vapors.

[CGD 74-127, 41 FR 3844, Jan. 26, 1976, as amended by CGD 74-127, 41 FR 4826, Feb. 2, 1976]
authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103,3306,3703,3719; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1; Subpart 32.59 also issued under the authority of Sec. 4109, Pub. L. 101-380, 104 Stat. 515
source: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16671, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 46 CFR 32.56-40