[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR26.08]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 26_VESSEL BRIDGE-TO-BRIDGE RADIOTELEPHONE REGULATIONS--Table of 

Contents

 

Sec. 26.08  Exemption procedures.



    (a) The Commandant has redelegated to the Assistant Commandant for 

Marine Safety, Security and Environmental Protection, U.S. Coast Guard 

Headquarters, with the reservation that this authority shall not be 

further redelegated, the authority to grant exemptions from provisions 

of the Vessel Bridge-to-Bridge Radiotelephone Act and this part.

    (b) Any person may petition for an exemption from any provision of 

the Act or this part;

    (c) Each petition must be submitted in writing to U.S. Coast Guard, 

Marine Safety, Security and Environmental Protection, 2100 Second Street 

SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001, and must state:

    (1) The provisions of the Act or this part from which an exemption 

is requested; and

    (2) The reasons why marine navigation will not be adversely affected 

if the exemption is granted and if the exemption relates to a local 

communication system how that system would fully comply with the intent 

of the concept of the Act but would not conform in detail if the 

exemption is granted.



[CGD 71-114R, 37 FR 12720, June 28, 1972, as amended by CGD 73-256, 39 

FR 9176, Mar. 8, 1974; CGD 88-052, 53 FR 25119, July 1, 1988; CGD 95-

057, 60 FR 34150, June 30, 1995; CGD 96-026, 61 FR 33663, June 28, 1996; 

CGD 97-023, 62 FR 33362, June 19, 1997; USCG-2002-12471, 67 FR 41331, 

June 18, 2002]