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Aug. 5, 2025

Watch Monitoring Devices on Small Passenger Vessels, Interim Rule Clarification

On December 27, 2021, the Coast Guard published an interim final rule: Fire Safety of Small Passenger Vessels, Interim Rule, Federal Register 73160, December 27, 2021 (link).  This interim final rule applies to covered small passenger vessels (CPSVs) with overnight accommodations for passengers and includes requirements for the installation and arrangement of watch monitoring devices.

March 18, 2024

Announcement: Clarification on Interconnected Fire Systems Onboard Covered Small Passenger Vessels

The Coast Guard published an interim rule on December 27, 2021, to implement Congressionally-mandated requirements for fire safety on “covered small passenger vessels” (CSPVs), as defined by 46 U.S.C. 3306(n). Congress adopted the statutory mandate in response to the fire and loss of 34 lives onboard the dive boat CONCEPTION off the California coast on 02 September 2019.  The USCG has identified a need to clarify the reference in 46 CFR 175.110(c) with respect to fire detection systems. 

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