[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR25.26-10]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 25_REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart 25.26_Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRB)
 
Sec. 25.26-10  EPIRB requirements for uninspected passenger vessels.

    (a) Uninspected passenger vessels less than 100 gross tons are not 
required to carry an EPIRB.
    (b) The owner, operator, or master of an uninspected passenger 
vessel of at least 100 gross tons must ensure that the vessel does not 
operate beyond three miles from shore as measured from the territorial 
sea baseline seaward or more than three miles from the coastline of the 
Great Lakes, unless it has onboard a float-free, automatically activated 
Category 1 406 MHz EPIRB stowed in a manner so that it will float free 
if the vessel sinks.

[USCG-1999-5040, 67 FR 34776, May 15, 2002]