[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR176.665]

[Page 217-218]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 176--INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart F--Hull and Tailshaft Examinations
 
Sec. 176.665  Notice and plans required.

    (a) The owner or managing operator shall notify the cognizant OCMI 
as far in advance as possible whenever a vessel is to be hauled out or 
placed in a drydock or slipway in compliance with Sec. 176.605 or to 
undergo repairs or alterations affecting the safety of the vessel, 
together with the nature of any repairs or alterations contemplated. 
Hull repairs or alternations that affect the safety of the vessel 
include but are not limited to the replacement, repair, or refastening 
of planking, plating, or structural members including the repair of 
cracks.
    (b) Whenever a vessel is hauled out or placed in a drydock or 
slipway in excess of the requirements of this subpart for the purpose of 
maintenance, including, but not limited to, changing a propeller, 
painting, or cleaning the hull, no report need be made to the cognizant 
OCMI.
    (c) The owner or managing operator of each vessel that holds a Load 
Line Certificate shall make plans showing the vessel's scantlings 
available to the Coast Guard marine inspector whenever the vessel 
undergoes a drydock examination, internal structural examination, or an 
underwater survey or

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whenever repairs or alterations affecting the safety or seaworthiness of 
the vessel are made to the vessel's hull.

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 953, Jan. 10, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 51356, Sept. 
30, 1997. Redesignated and amended by USCG-2000-6858, 67 FR 21084, 
21087, Apr. 29, 2002]