CFR > Title 46 - Shipping > CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER D—TANK VESSELS (parts 30 to 39) > PART 32—SPECIAL EQUIPMENT, MACHINERY, AND HULL REQUIREMENTS > SUBPART 32.75—Hull Requirements for Wood Hull Tank Vessels Constructed Prior to November 10, 1936 (§32.75-1 to §32.75-20) > 32.75-15—Electric bonding and grounding for tanks—TB/ALL.

32.75-15—Electric bonding and grounding for tanks—TB/ALL.

All independent cargo tanks in wood hull tank vessels shall be electrically bonded together with stranded copper cable of not less than No. 4B and S gage and one end of this cable shall be grounded to a copper or brass plate of not less than 2 square feet in area and one-sixteenth inch in thickness and this plate shall be securely fastened to the hull, on the outside, at a point where it shall be covered by water when the tank vessel is unloaded.