[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: 46CFR3.01-1]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 3_DESIGNATION OF OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH VESSELS--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart 3.01_Authority and Purpose
 
Sec. 3.01-1  Purpose of regulations.


    The purpose of the regulations in this part is to establish standard 
procedures for the designation of certain vessels as oceanographic 
research vessels as defined in 46 U.S.C. 2101(18).

[CGD 77-081, 46 FR 56202, Nov. 16, 1981, as amended by CGD 95-028, 62 FR 
51195, Sept. 30, 1997]