[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 46, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 46CFR115.665]



[Page 314]

 

                            TITLE 46_SHIPPING



                  (This book contains parts 90 to 139)

 

   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 115_INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION--Table of Contents

 

                Subpart F_Hull and Tailshaft Examinations

 

Sec.  115.665  Notice and plans required.



    (a) The owner or managing operator shall notify the cognizant OCMI 

as far in advance as possible whenever a vessel is to be hauled out or 

placed in a drydock or slipway in compliance with Sec.  115.605 of this 

part or to undergo repairs or alterations affecting the safety of the 

vessel, together with the nature of any repairs or alterations 

contemplated. Hull repairs or alterations that affect the safety of the 

vessel include but are not limited to the replacement, repair, or 

refastening of planking, plating, or structural members, including the 

repair of cracks in the hull.

    (b) Whenever a vessel is hauled out or placed in a drydock or 

slipway in excess of the requirements of this subpart for the purpose of 

maintenance, including, but not limited to, changing a propeller, 

painting, or cleaning the hull, no report need be made to the cognizant 

OCMI.

    (c) The owner or managing operator of each vessel that holds a Load 

Line Certificate shall make plans showing the vessel's scantlings 

available to the Coast Guard marine inspector whenever the vessel 

undergoes a drydock examination, internal structural examination, an 

underwater survey, or whenever repairs or alterations affecting the 

safety or seaworthiness of the vessel are made to the vessel's hull.



[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 892, Jan. 10, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 51348, Sept. 

30, 1997. Redesignated and amended by USCG-2000-6858, 67 FR 21080, 

21082, Apr. 29, 2002]