[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: 33CFR81.3]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 81_72 COLREGS: IMPLEMENTING RULES--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 81.3  General.



    Vessels of special construction or purpose which cannot fully comply 

with the light, shape, and sound signal provisions of 72 COLREGS without 

interfering with their special function may instead meet alternative 

requirements. The Chief of the Marine Safety Division in each Coast 

Guard District Office makes this determination and requires that 

alternative compliance be as close as possible with the 72 COLREGS. 

These regulations set out the procedure by which a vessel may be 

certified for alternative compliance. The information collection and 

recordkeeping requirements in Sec. Sec. 81.5 and 81.18 have been 

approved by the Office of Management and Budget under OMB control No. 

2115-0073.



[CGD 77-136, 47 FR 13799, Apr. 1, 1982]



                         Alternative Compliance