[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: 20CFR702.172]

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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. 702.172  Certification; definitions.

    For purposes of Secs. 702.171 through 702.175 dealing with 
certification of small vessel facilities, the following definitions are 
applicable.
    (a)(1) ``Small vessel'' means only those vessels described in 
section 3(d)(3) of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 903(d)(3), that is:
    (i) A commercial barge which is under 900 lightship displacement 
tons (long); or
    (ii) A commercial tugboat, towboat, crewboat, supply boat, fishing 
vessel or other work vessel which is under 1,600 tons gross.
    (2) For these purposes: (i) One gross ton equals 100 cubic feet, as 
measured by the current formula contained in the Act of May 6, 1894 as 
amended through 1974 (46 U.S.C. 77); (ii) one long ton equals 2,240 lbs; 
and (iii) ``Commercial'' as it applies to ``vessel'' means any vessel 
engaged in commerce but does not include military vessels or Coast Guard 
vessels.
    (b) ``Federal Maritime Subsidy'' means the construction differential 
subsidy (CDS) or operating differential subsidy under the Merchant 
Marine Act of 1936 (46 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
    (c) facility means an operation of an employer at a particular 
contiguous geographic location.

[51 FR 4283, Feb. 3, 1986]