[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: 46CFR4.04-1]

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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 4.04--Notice of Potential Vessel Casualty
 
Sec. 4.04-1  Reports of potential vessel casualty.

    Source: CGD 85-015, 51 FR 19341, May 29, 1986, unless otherwise 
noted.


    A vessel owner, charterer, managing operator or agent shall 
immediately notify either of the following Coast Guard officers if there 
is reason to believe a vessel is lost or imperiled.
    (a) The Coast Guard district rescue coordination center (RCC) 
cognizant over the area the vessel was last operating in; or
    (b) The Coast Guard search and rescue authority nearest to where the 
vessel was last operating.

Reasons for belief that a vessel is in distress include, but are not 
limited to, lack of communication with or nonappearance of the vessel.