[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: 46CFR5.15]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 5_MARINE INVESTIGATION REGULATIONS_PERSONNEL ACTION--Table of
 
                          Subpart B_Definitions
 
Sec. 5.15  Investigating Officer.

    An investigating officer is a Coast Guard official designated by the 
Commandant, a District Commander, or the Officer in Charge, Marine 
Inspection, for the purpose of conducting investigations of marine 
casualties or matters pertaining to the conduct of persons applying for 
or holding merchant mariner's documents, licenses, certificates or 
credentials issued by the Coast Guard. An Officer in Charge, Marine 
Inspection is an investigating officer without further designation.

[USCG-2006-25535, 71 FR 48482, Aug. 21, 2006]