[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
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[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--
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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]