[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: 46CFR197.206]

[Page 425]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 197_GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart B_Commercial Diving Operations
 
Sec. 197.206  Substitutes for required equipment, materials, apparatus, 
arrangements, procedures, or tests.

    (a) The Coast Guard may accept substitutes for equipment, materials, 
apparatus, arrangements, procedures, or tests required in this subpart 
if the substitute provides an equivalent level of safety.
    (b) In any case where it is shown to the satisfaction of the 
Commandant that the use of any particular equipment, material, 
apparatus, arrangement, procedure, or test is unreasonable or 
impracticable, the Commandant may permit the use of alternate equipment, 
material, apparatus, arrangement, procedure, or test to such an extent 
and upon such condition as will insure, to his satisfaction, a degree of 
safety consistent with the minimum standards set forth in this subpart.