[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: 46CFR107.270]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
    CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 107--INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart B--Inspection and Certification
 
Sec. 107.270  Periodic inspection.

    (a) Your vessel must undergo a periodic inspection within 3 months 
before or after the second or third anniversary of the date of your 
vessel's Certificate of Inspection. This periodic inspection will take 
the place of an annual inspection.
    (b) You must contact the cognizant OCMI to schedule an inspection at 
a time and place which he or she approves. No written application is 
required.
    (c) The scope of the periodic inspection is the same as that for the 
inspection for certification, as specified in Sec. 107.231 except 
Sec. 107.231(x) and (y). The OCMI will insure that the MODU is in 
satisfactory condition and fit for the service for which it is intended. 
If your MODU passes the periodic inspection, the marine inspector will 
endorse your current Certificate of Inspection.
    (d) If the periodic inspection reveals deficiencies in your MODU's 
maintenance, you must make any or all repairs or improvements within the 
time period specified by the OCMI.

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    (e) Nothing in this subpart limits the marine inspector from 
conducting such tests or inspections he or she deems necessary to be 
assured of the vessel's seaworthiness.

[USCG 1999-4976, 65 FR 6504, Feb. 9, 2000]