[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR90.05-25]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
    CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 90--GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart 90.05--Application
 
Sec. 90.05-25  Seagoing barge.

    (a) All nonself-propelled vessels of 100 gross tons and over that 
proceed on voyages on the high seas or ocean are

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subject to inspection and certification as seagoing barges.
    (b) In applying the laws and regulations to manned seagoing barges, 
one criterion for invocation of safety standards is the description of 
seagoing barges by relative size in gross tons. When it is determined by 
the Commandant that the gross register tonnage for a particular manned 
seagoing barge, which is attained by exemptions, reductions, or other 
devices in the basic gross tonnage formulation, will circumvent or be 
incompatible with the application of specific safety requirements in the 
regulations in this subchapter for a manned seagoing barge of such 
physical size, the Commandant shall prescribe the regulations to be made 
applicable to such seagoing barge. When the Commandant determines that 
the gross register tonnage is not a valid criterion for the invocation 
of safety requirements based on relative size, the parties involved will 
be informed of the determination and of the regulations applicable to 
such manner seagoing barges, and before being permitted to operate such 
seagoing barges, compliance therewith shall be required. Endorsements or 
notations on the seagoing barge's certificate of inspection may be made 
as appropriate.