

Specifically, it is proposing to remove current approval requirements for first-aid kits in part 121 under subchapter K, part 160 under subchapter Q, and part 184 under subchapter T, and to update those requirements to industry standards. The US Coast Guard proposes to amend several approval and carriage requirements in title 46 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). The proposed rule is deregulatory and would remove US Coast Guard type approval requirements for nine of these types of survival craft equipment and replace them with the requirement that the manufacturer self-certify that the equipment complies with a consensus standard.Ĭomments and related material must be received by the US Coast Guard on or before December 4, 2020.

The US Coast Guard ( USCG) is proposing to update the type approval requirements for survival craft equipment required to carry on U.S. USCG to update type approval requirements for survival craft equipment
