[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR170.050]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 170_STABILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL INSPECTED VESSELS--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart B_Definitions
 
Sec. 170.050  General terms.


    (a) Commanding Officer, Marine Safety Center (CO, MSC) means a 
district commander described in 33 CFR part 3 whose command includes a 
merchant marine technical office or an authorized representative of the 
district commander.
    (b) Commandant means the Commandant of the Coast Guard or an 
authorized representative of the Commandant.
    (c) Exposed waters means waters more than 20 nautical miles (37 
kilometers) from the mouth of a harbor of safe refuge and other waters 
which the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection determines to present 
special hazards due to weather or other circumstances.
    (d) Great Lakes includes both the waters of the Great Lakes and of 
the St. Lawrence River as far east as a straight line drawn from Cap de 
Rosiers to West Point, Anticosti Island, and west of a line along the 
63rd meridian from Anticosti Island to the north shore of the St. 
Lawrence River.
    (e) Lakes, Bays, and Sounds includes the waters of any lake, bay, or 
sound, except the Great Lakes.
    (f) Oceans includes the waters of--
    (1) Any ocean;
    (2) The Gulf of Mexico;
    (3) The Caribbean Sea;
    (4) The Gulf of Alaska; and
    (5) Any other waters designated as ``oceans'' by the Commandant.
    (g) Officer in Charge Marine Inspection (OCMI) means an officer of 
the Coast Guard who commands a Marine Inspection Zone described in 33 
CFR part 3 or an authorized representative of that officer.
    (h) Oil means oil of any kind or in any form, and includes but is 
not limited to petroleum, fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse, and oil mixed 
with wastes other than dredged spoil.
    (i) Partially protected waters means--
    (1) Waters within 20 nautical miles (37 kilometers) of the mouth of 
a harbor of safe refuge, unless determined by the OCMI to be exposed 
waters; and
    (2) Those portions of rivers, harbors, lakes, etc. which the OCMI 
determines not to be sheltered.
    (j) Protected waters means sheltered waters presenting no special 
hazards such as most rivers, harbors, lakes, etc.
    (k) Rivers means any river, canal, or any other similar body of 
water designated by the OCMI.

[CGD 79-023, 48 FR 51010, Nov. 4, 1983, as amended by CGD 88-070, 53 FR 
34537, Sept. 7, 1988]