[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR138.100]

[Page 89]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 138--FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR WATER POLLUTION (VESSELS)--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 138.100  Non-owning operator's responsibility for identification.

    (a) Each operator that is not an owner of a vessel certificated 
under this part, other than an unmanned barge, shall ensure that the 
original or a legible copy of the demise charter-party (or other written 
document on the owner's letterhead, signed by the vessel owner, which 
specifically identifies the vessel operator named on the Certificate) is 
maintained on board the vessel.
    (b) The demise charter-party or other document required by paragraph 
(a) of this section must be presented, upon request, for examination to 
a United States Government official.