[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: 46CFR189.01-10]

[Page 345]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 189_INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart 189.01_Certificate of Inspection
 
Sec. 189.01-10  Period of validity for a Certificate of Inspection.

    (a) A Certificate of Inspection is valid for 5 years. Application 
may be made by the master, owner, or agent for inspection and issuance 
of a new certificate of inspection at any time during the period of 
validity of the current certificate.
    (b) Certificates of inspection may be revoked or suspended by the 
Coast Guard where such process is authorized by law. This may occur if 
the vessel does not meet the requirements of law or regulations in this 
chapter or if there is a failure to maintain the safety requirements 
requisite to the issuance of a certificate of inspection.
    (c)(1) In the case of the following vessels, modification of the 
period of validity of the certificate of inspection will be permitted as 
set forth in this paragraph:
    (i) Non-self-propelled vessels of 100 gross tons and over proceeding 
on the high seas or ocean for the sole purpose of changing place of 
employment.
    (ii) Non-self-propelled vessels of 100 gross tons and over making 
rare or infrequent voyages on the high seas or ocean and returning to 
the port of departure.
    (2) The certificate of inspection may be issued for a specific 
period of time to cover a described situation or for one voyage only but 
not to exceed 5 years. The certificate of inspection will include the 
conditions under which the vessel must operate. Unless the vessel is in 
compliance with this subchapter insofar as it applies to seagoing barges 
of 100 gross tons and over, such vessel shall not carry any person on 
board while underway, and the certificate of inspection will be endorsed 
as an unmanned seagoing barge.

[CGFR 67-83, 33 FR 1118, Jan. 27, 1968, as amended by CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 
18911, Dec. 18, 1968; CGD 95-012, 60 FR 48052, Sept. 18, 1995; 60 FR 
50120, Sept. 28, 1995; USCG-1999-4976, 65 FR 6509, Feb. 9, 2000]