[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: 46CFR189.40-5]

[Page 354]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 189_INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart 189.40_Drydocking
 
Sec. 189.40-5  Notice and plans required.

    (a) The master, owner, operator, or agent of the vessel shall notify 
the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, whenever the vessel is to be 
drydocked regardless of the reason for drydocking.
    (b) Each vessel, except barges, that holds a Load Line Certificate 
must have on board a plan showing the vessel's scantlings. This plan 
must be made available to the Coast Guard marine inspector whenever the 
vessel undergoes a drydock examination, internal structural examination, 
or underwater survey or whenever repairs are made to the vessel's hull.
    (c) Each barge that holds a Load Line Certificate must have a plan 
showing the barge's scantlings. The plan need not be maintained on board 
the barge but must be made available to the Coast Guard marine inspector 
whenever the barge undergoes a drydock examination, internal structural 
examination, or underwater survey or whenever repairs are made to the 
barge's hull.

[CGD 84-024, 52 FR 39657, Oct. 23, 1987]