46 CFR §153.233
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- (a)To prevent leakage through a single weld failure, the following spaces must be separated from a cargo by two walls, two bulkheads, or a bulkhead and a deck not meeting in a cruciform joint:
- (b)Some examples of arrangements that may separate cargo from the spaces listed in paragraph (a) of this section are the following:
- (1)Dedicated ballast tanks.
- (2)Cargo pumprooms.
- (3)Ballast pumprooms.
- (4)Tanks not carrying a cargo listed in this part. 3
- (5)A cofferdam aft of the cargo containment systems and whose forward bulkhead is forward of any joint common to an accommodations space and the deck.
- (6)Double walled piping or a piping tunnel.