[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR702.171]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
  CHAPTER VI--EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 702--ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURE--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 702.171  Certification of exemption, general.

    An employer may apply to the Director or his/her designee to certify 
a particular facility as one engaged in the building, repairing or 
dismantling of exclusively small vessels, as defined. Once certified, 
injuries sustained at that facility would not be covered under the Act 
except for injuries which occur over the navigable waters of the United 
States including any adjoining pier, wharf, dock, facility over land for 
launching vessels or for hauling, lifting or drydocking vessels. A 
facility otherwise covered under the Act remains covered until 
certification of exemption is issued; a certification will be granted 
only upon submission of a complete application (described in 
Sec. 702.174), and only for as long as a facility meets the requirements 
detailed in section 3(d) of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 903(d). This exemption 
from coverage is not intended to be used by employers whose facilities 
from time to time may

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temporarily meet the criteria for qualification but only for facilities 
which work on exclusively small vessels, as defined.

[50 FR 396, Jan. 3, 1985]