[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of Octobery 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR2.75-1]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 2_VESSEL INSPECTIONS--Table of Contents
 
Subpart 2.75_Approvals of Safety Equipment, Materials and Installations, 
              and Qualifications for Construction Personnel
 
Sec. 2.75-1  Approvals.


    (a) Certain navigation and vessel inspection laws, or regulations in 
this chapter or in 33 CFR chapter I, require the Commandant's approval 
before specific types of safety equipment, materials, or installations 
may be installed or used on vessels subject to Coast Guard inspection, 
or on other described vessels, motorboats, artificial islands, and fixed 
structures.
    (b) The Commandant's approvals are issued to persons, partnerships, 
companies, or corporations who offer for sale specific items of safety 
equipment, materials, or installations, or intend them for their own or 
others' use. These approvals are intended to provide a control over the 
quality of such approved items. The Commandant's approvals apply only to 
those items constructed or installed in accordance with applicable 
requirements, and the details as described in the documents granting 
specific approval. If a specific item when manufactured does not comply 
with these details, then it is not considered to be approved and the 
approval issued does not apply to such modified item. For example, if an 
item is manufactured with changes in design or material not previously 
approved, the approval does not apply to such modified item. The failure 
to comply with applicable requirements and details specified in the 
approval subjects the holder to immediate suspension of approval as 
described in Sec. 2.75-40, and if necessary, to a public hearing 
seeking withdrawal of approval and removal of all such items from use or 
installation as provided in Sec. 2.75-50.
    (c) The Commandant's approvals are issued to qualified holders in 
the form of certificates of approval (Form CGHQ-10030), by appropriate 
description and identification in documents filed with the Office of the 
Federal Register and published in the Federal Register, or by letters, 
or by appropriate markings on drawings, plans, etc. Under the direction 
of the Commandant, the Assistant Commandant

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for Marine Safety, Security and Environmental Protection is delegated 
the authority to exercise the necessary actions relating to the 
granting, suspension, cancellation or revocation of approvals for 
special items of safety equipment, materials or installations required 
by law in regulation in this chapter or in 33 CFR chapter I to have the 
Commandant's approval. The authority delegated to the Assistant 
Commandant for Marine Safety, Security and Environmental Protection may 
be further delegated by him.
    (d) The approvals granted to holders qualifying under the 
regulations in this chapter or in specifications, copies of which may be 
obtained from the Commandant (G-MSE), and to which official Coast Guard 
numbers are assigned, will be in the form of certificates of approval. 
Unless specifically provided otherwise, the approval shall be valid for 
a period of five years from the date on the certificate of approval, but 
subject to suspension and/or cancellation if it is found the item 
offered, sold, or used as Coast Guard approved differs in any detail 
from the item as described in the certificate of approval and referenced 
material.
    (e) A specific Commandant's approval granted to anyone, which is 
described in a certificate of approval, or a letter, or marked plans, 
etc., cannot be transferred to another without a specific prior 
authorization from the Commandant. Such a transfer without the 
Commandant's authorization normally terminates such approval.
    (f) A listing of current and formerly approved equipment and 
materials may be found on the internet at: http://cgmix.uscg.mil/
equipment. Each OCMI may be contacted for information concerning 
approved equipment.

[CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16604, Dec. 30, 1965, as amended by CGD 82-063b, 48 
FR 4781, Feb. 3, 1983; CGD 88-070, 53 FR 34533, Sept. 7, 1988; CGD 95-
072, 60 FR 50459, Sept. 29, 1995; CGD 93-055, 61 FR 13927, Mar. 28, 
1996; CGD 96-041, 61 FR 50725, Sept. 27, 1996; CGD 97-057, 62 FR 51041, 
Sept. 30, 1997; USCG-2004-18884, 69 FR 58341, Sept. 30, 2004]