[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: 46CFR197.488]

[Page 438]
 
                           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. 197.488  Retention of records after casualty.

    (a) The owner, agent, or person-in-charge of a vessel or facility 
for which a report of casualty is made under Sec. 197.484 shall retain 
all records onboard that are maintained on the vessel or facility and 
those records required by this subpart for 6 months after the report of 
a casualty is made or until advised by the Officer-in-Charge, Marine 
Inspection, that rec ords need not be retained onboard.
    (b) The records required by paragraph (a) of this section to be 
retained on board include, but are not limited to, the following:
    (1) All logbooks required by Sec. 197.480.
    (2) All reports required by Sec. 197.402(a)(2)(ii), Sec. 
197.404(a)(4), Sec. 197.410(a)(9).
    (c) The owner, agent, person-in-charge, or diving supervisor shall, 
upon request, make the records described in this section available for 
examination by any Coast Guard official authorized to investigate the 
casualty.