[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 185 (Monday, September 23, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 49691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24355]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

46 CFR Parts 110 and 161

[CGD 94-108]
RIN 2115-AF24


Electrical Engineering Requirements for Merchant Vessels

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Correction to interim rule.

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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to the interim rule that 
was published June 4, 1996, as part of the President's Regulatory 
Reinvention Initiative. The interim rule amends the Coast Guard's 
electrical engineering regulations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 23, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Gerald P. Miante, Project Manager, 
Office of Design and Engineering Standards (G-MSE), (202) 267-2206.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The interim rule that is the subject of these corrections amends 
the Coast Guard's electrical engineering regulations to reduce the 
regulatory burden on the marine industry, purge obsolete regulation, 
and replace prescriptive requirements with performance-based 
regulations that incorporate international standards.

Need for Correction

    Based upon review of the interim rule by the Office of the Federal 
Register, the following corrections were identified as necessary to 
avoid confusion by the reader.

Correction of Publication

    Accordingly, the publication on June 4, 1996, of the interim rule 
at 61 FR 28260, which was the subject of FR Doc. 96-13416, is corrected 
as follows:


Sec. 110.10-1   [Corrected]

    1. On page 28273, in the list of National Fire Protection 
Association standards, in the list of sections affected for NFPA 70, 
National Electrical Code (NEC), after ``111.50-3(c);'', add ``111.50-
7;''.
    2. On page 28292, in the second column, the amendatory paragraph 
217 should read as follows: 217. In Sec. 161.002-10, in paragraph (b), 
revise the paragraph heading and paragraph (b)(1) to read as follows; 
in paragraph (b)(2), remove ``signal'' in the paragraph heading and 
add, in its place, ``alarm'' and remove ``signals'' and add, in its 
place, ``alarms''; in paragraph (b)(3), remove ``signal'' in the 
paragraph heading and add, in its place, ``alarm'', remove ``fire 
bells'' and add, in its place, ``audible fire alarms'', remove ``fire 
bell'' and add, in its place, ``audible fire alarm'', and remove ``fire 
signal'' and add, in its place, ``fire alarm''; in paragraph (b)(4), 
remove ``alarm signals simultaneously'' and add, in its place, ``alarms 
simultaneously'', remove ``fire alarm bells'' and add, in its place, 
``audible fire alarms'', and remove ``succeeding fire alarm signals'' 
and add, in its place, ``succeeding sensor signals''; in paragraph 
(b)(5), remove ``signals'' and add, in its place, ``alarms''; in 
paragraph (c)(3), remove ``Fire bells'' in the paragraph heading and 
add, in its place, ``Audible fire alarms'' and remove ``fire bell'' and 
add, in its place, ``audible fire alarm''; in the heading to paragraph 
(d), remove ``alarm signals'' and add, in its place, ``alarms''; in 
paragraph (d)(1), in the first sentence, remove ``bell'', in the second 
sentence, remove ``power failure'' and ``bell'', and, in the third 
sentence, remove ``power failure alarm bell for'' and add, in its 
place, ``alarm of''; in paragraph (d)(2), in the paragraph heading, 
remove ``signal'' and add, in its place, ``alarm'' and remove ``power 
failure alarm bell'' and add, in its place, ``audible power failure 
alarm''; in paragraph (e), in the paragraph heading, remove ``alarm 
signals'' and add, in its place, ``alarms'', in paragraph (e)(1), 
remove ``bell or buzzer'', and remove ``fire alarm signal'' and add, in 
its place, ``fire alarm''; paragraph (e)(2) is revised to read as 
follows; in paragraph (e)(3), remove ``alarm signals'' and add, in its 
place, ``alarms'' and remove ``alarm signal'' and add, in its place, 
``alarm''; in paragraph (e)(4), remove ``alarm signals'' and add, in 
its place, ``alarms''; in paragraph (f)(1), remove ``fire alarm 
condition'' and add, in its place, ``fire condition''; and paragraphs 
(i) through (m) are removed:


Sec. 161.002-10   Automatic fire detecting system control unit.

* * * * *
    (b) Fire alarms--(1) General. The operation of a fire detecting and 
alarm system must cause automatically--
    (i) The sounding of a vibrating type fire bell with a gong diameter 
not smaller than 15 cm (6 inches) or other audible alarm that has an 
equivalent sound level and that is mounted at the control unit and at 
the remote annunciator panel, when provided;
    (ii) The sounding of a vibrating type fire bell with a gong 
diameter not smaller than 20 cm (8 inches) or other audible alarm that 
has an equivalent sound level and that is located in the engine room; 
and
    (iii) an indication of the fire detecting zone from which the 
signal originated, visible at the control unit and at the remote 
annunciator panel, when provided;
* * * * *
    (e) * * *
    (2) Silencing audible alarm. Manual means shall be provided at the 
control unit to silence the audible alarm. Operation of the silencing 
means shall permit the visible alarm to remain until the trouble has 
been corrected.
* * * * *
    Dated: September 17, 1996.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 96-24355 Filed 9-20-96; 8:45 am]
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