RULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING

STEEL VESSELS FOR SERVICE ON RIVERS AND INTRACOASTAL WATERWAYS 2007

NOTICE NO. 1 July 2007
The following Rule Changes were approved by the ABS Rules Committee on 7 June 2007 and become EFFECTIVE AS OF 1 JULY 2007. (See http://www.eagle.org/rules/downloads.html for the consolidated version of the Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels for Service on Rivers and Intracoastal Waterways 2007, with all Notices and Corrigenda incorporated.)
Notes The date in the parentheses means the date that the Rule becomes effective for new construction based on the contract date for construction, unless otherwise noted. (See 1-1-4/3.3.)

PART 4 CHAPTER 4 SECTION 1

VESSEL SYSTEMS AND MACHINERY FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT ALL VESSELS

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19.3

Fixed Fire Extinguishing Systems for Machinery Spaces

Carbon Dioxide Systems
(Number existing text of 4-4-1/19.3.2 as (a) and add new item (b), as follows.) 19.3.2 Storage 19.3.2(a) General. The cylinders are to be located outside the protected space in a room which is situated in a safe and readily accessible location. The storage room is to be gastight and effectively ventilated. The ventilation system is to be independent of the protected space. Any entrance to the storage room shall be independent of the protected space. The access doors to the storage space are to open outwards. Where space limitations do not permit the storage of extinguishing medium bottles in a separate space, the arrangements are to be in accordance with the following: i) ii) The door between the storage location and the protected space is to be self-closing with no hold-back arrangements. The space where cylinders are stored is to be adequately ventilated by a system which is independent of the protected space.

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iii) iv)

Means are to be provided to prevent unauthorized release of gas, such as containment behind a break glass. There is to be provision to vent the bottles to the atmosphere in order to prevent a hazard to personnel occupying the storage area.

19.3.2(b) Cargo Spaces (1 July 2007). Fire-extinguishing media protecting the cargo holds (see 4-4-1/23.1) may be stored in a room located forward of the cargo holds, but aft of the collision bulkhead, provided that both the local manual release mechanism and remote control(s) for the release of the media are fitted, and the latter is of robust construction or so protected as to remain operable in case of fire in the protected spaces. The remote controls are to be placed in the accommodation area in order to facilitate their ready accessibility by the crew. The capability to release different quantities of fire-extinguishing media into different cargo holds so protected is to be included in the remote release arrangement.

ABS RULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING STEEL VESSELS FOR SERVICE ON RIVERS & INTRACOASTAL WATERWAYS . 2007