CFR > Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters > CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER NN—DEEPWATER PORTS (parts 148 to 150) > PART 149—DEEPWATER PORTS: DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND EQUIPMENT > SUBPART C—Lifesaving Equipment (§149.300 to §149.340) > 149.327—What are the approval requirements for work vests and anti-exposure (deck) suits?

149.327—What are the approval requirements for work vests and anti-exposure (deck) suits?

All work vests and anti-exposure (deck) suits on a manned deepwater port must be of a buoyant type approved under:
(a) Approval series 160.053 as a work vest;
(b) Approval series 160.053 or 160.153 as an anti-exposure suit; or
(c) Approval series 160.077 as a commercial hybrid personal flotation device.