NFPA 302
Fire Protection Standard for Pleasure and Commercial Motor Craft
Published by National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
The CFR incorporates NFPA 302 by reference, which makes the edition it names part of the regulation. The CFR requires the edition it names, which may not be the newest. To enforce any other edition, the agency must publish the change in the Federal Register.
The 7 editions the CFR requires
Different parts name different editions; each applies where its part says so. Newest first.
NFPA 302, 2020 Edition, ANSI-approved August 25, 2019
As the CFR lists it: “NFPA 302, Fire Protection Standard for Pleasure and Commercial Motor Craft, 2020 Edition, ANSI-approved August 25, 2019 (“NFPA 302”)”
- Listed in 46 CFR 58.03-1(g)(1); required by46 CFR 58.10-5 ↗
NFPA 302-1998
As the CFR lists it: “NFPA 302-1998—Fire Protection Standard for Pleasure, and Commercial Motorcraft”
- Listed in 46 CFR 27.102; required by46 CFR 27.211 ↗
NFPA 302, 1998 Edition
As the CFR lists it: “NFPA 302—Fire Protection Standard for Pleasure and Commercial Motor Craft, 1998 Edition”
NFPA 302-1994, 1994 Edition
As the CFR lists it: “NFPA 302-1994, Pleasure and Commercial Motor Craft, Chapter 6, 1994 Edition”
NFPA 302, 1994 Edition
As the CFR lists it: “NFPA 302—Fire Protection Standard for Pleasure and Commercial Motor Craft, 1994 Edition”
- Listed in 46 CFR 125.180(i)(3); required by46 CFR 129.550 ↗
NFPA 302, 1989
As the CFR lists it: “NFPA 302, Fire Protection Standard for Pleasure and Commercial Motor Craft, 1989”
- Listed in 46 CFR 25.01-3(c)(3); required by46 CFR 25.45-2 ↗
Listed as: “302-1989—Pleasure and Commercial Motor Craft”
NFPA 302, 1980
As the CFR lists it: “NFPA 302, Pleasure and Commercial Motor Craft, Chapter 6, 1980”
- Listed in 46 CFR 169.115(d)(3); required by46 CFR 169.703 ↗
How to read it
- The publisher’s page for this standardNFPA 302 on nfpa.org ↗
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