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    <CFRTITLE>46</CFRTITLE>
    <CFRTITLETEXT>Shipping</CFRTITLETEXT>
    <VOL>7</VOL>
    <DATE>1998-10-01</DATE>
    <ORIGINALDATE>1998-10-01</ORIGINALDATE>
    <COVERONLY>false</COVERONLY>
    <TITLE>SCUBA diving.</TITLE>
    <GRANULENUM>197.430</GRANULENUM>
    <HEADING>Section 197.430</HEADING>
    <ANCESTORS>
      <PARENT HEADING="" SEQ="5"/>
      <PARENT HEADING="" SEQ="4"/>
      <PARENT HEADING="SUBCHAPTER V" SEQ="3">MARINE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="PART 197" SEQ="2">GENERAL PROVISIONS</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="Subpart B" SEQ="1">Commercial Diving Operations</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="" SEQ="0">Specific Diving Mode Procedures</PARENT>
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  <SECTION>
    <SECTNO>§ 197.430</SECTNO>
    <SUBJECT>SCUBA diving.</SUBJECT>
    <P>The diving supervisor shall insure that—</P>
    <P>(a) SCUBA diving is not conducted—</P>
    <P>(1) Outside the no-decompression limits;</P>
    <P>(2) At depths greater than 130 fsw;</P>
    <P>(3) Against currents greater than one (1) knot unless line-tended; and</P>
    <P>(4) If a diver cannot directly ascend to the surface unless line-tended;</P>
    <P>(b) The SCUBA diver has the equipment required by § 197.346(a);</P>
    <P>(c) A standby diver is available while a diver is in the water;</P>

    <P>(d) A diver is line-tended from the surface or accompanied by another diver in the water in continuous visual contact during the diving operation;<PRTPAGE P="401"/>
    </P>
    <P>(e) When a diver is in a physically confining space, another diver is stationed at the underwater point of entry and is line-tending the diver; and</P>
    <P>(f) A boat is available for diver pickup when the divers are not line-tended from the dive location.</P>
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