[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 6]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR850.5]

[Page 221]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                              SAFETY BOARD
 
PART 850--COAST GUARD--NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD MARINE CASUALTY 
INVESTIGATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 850.5  Definitions.

    As used in this part:
    (a) Act means Title III of Pub. L. 93-633, the Independent Safety 
Board Act of 1974 (49 U.S.C. 1901, et seq.).
    (b) Board means the National Transportation Safety Board.
    (c) Chairman means the Chairman of the National Transportation 
Safety Board.
    (d) Commandant means the Commandant of the Coast Guard.
    (e) Major marine casualty means a casualty involving a vessel, other 
than a public vessel, that results in--
    (1) The loss of six or more lives;
    (2) The loss of a mechanically propelled vessel of 100 or more gross 
tons;
    (3) Property damage initially estimated as $500,000 or more; or
    (4) Serious threat, as determined by the Commandant and concurred in 
by the Chairman, to life, property, or the environment by hazardous 
materials.
    (f) Public vessel means a vessel owned by the United States, except 
a vessel to which the Act of October 25, 1919, c. 82 (41 Stat. 305, 46 
U.S.C. 363) applies.
    (g) Vessel of the United States means a vessel--
    (1) Documented, or required to be documented, under the laws of the 
United States;
    (2) Owned in the United States; or
    (3) Owned by a citizen or resident of the United States and not 
registered under a foreign flag.