[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR4.03-2]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 4--MARINE CASUALTIES AND INVESTIGATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart 4.03--Definitions
 
Sec. 4.03-2  Serious marine incident.

    The term serious marine incident includes the following events 
involving a vessel in commercial service:
    (a) Any marine casualty or accident as defined in Sec. 4.03-1 which 
is required by Sec. 4.05-1 to be reported to the Coast Guard and which 
results in any of the following:
    (1) One or more deaths;
    (2) An injury to a crewmember, passenger, or other person which 
requires professional medical treatment beyond first aid, and, in the 
case of a person employed on board a vessel in commercial service, which 
renders the individual unfit to perform routine vessel duties;
    (3) Damage to property, as defined in Sec. 4.05-1(a)(7) of this 
part, in excess of $100,000;
    (4) Actual or constructive total loss of any vessel subject to 
inspection under 46 U.S.C. 3301; or
    (5) Actual or constructive total loss of any self-propelled vessel, 
not subject to inspection under 46 U.S.C. 3301, of 100 gross tons or 
more.
    (b) A discharge of oil of 10,000 gallons or more into the navigable 
waters of the United States, as defined in 33 U.S.C. 1321, whether or 
not resulting from a marine casualty.
    (c) A discharge of a reportable quantity of a hazardous substance 
into the navigable waters of the United States, or a release of a 
reportable quantity of a hazardous substance into the environment of the 
United States, whether or not resulting from a marine casualty.

[CGD 86-067, 53 FR 47077, Nov. 21, 1988, as amended by CGD 97-057, 62 FR 
51041, Sept. 30, 1997]