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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>Surface-supplied air diving.</TITLE>
    <GRANULENUM>197.432</GRANULENUM>
    <HEADING>Section 197.432</HEADING>
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      <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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    <SECTNO>§ 197.432</SECTNO>
    <SUBJECT>Surface-supplied air diving.</SUBJECT>
    <P>The diving supervisor shall insure that—</P>
    <P>(a) Surface-supplied air diving is conducted at depths less than 190 fsw, except that dives with bottom times of 30 minutes or less may be conducted to depths of 220 fsw;</P>
    <P>(b) Each diving operation has a primary breathing gas supply;</P>
    <P>(c) Each diver is continuously tended while in the water;</P>
    <P>(d) 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;</P>
    <P>(e) For dives deeper than 130 fsw or outside the no-decompression limits—</P>
    <P>(1) Each diving operation has a secondary breathing gas supply;</P>
    <P>(2) A decompression chamber is ready for use at the dive location;</P>
    <P>(3) A diving stage is used except when a bell is provided;</P>
    <P>(4) A bell is used for dives with an in-water decompression time greater than 120 minutes, except when the diver is using a heavy-weight diving outfit or is diving in a physically confining space;</P>
    <P>(5) A separate dive team member tends each diver in the water;</P>
    <P>(6) A standby diver is available while a diver is in the water; and</P>
    <P>(7) Each diver has a diver-carried reserve breathing gas supply except when using a heavy-weight diving outfit or when diving in a physically confining space; and</P>
    <P>(f) The surface-supplied air diver has the equipment required by § 197.346 (b) or (d).</P>
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