[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR176.105]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
    CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 176--INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart A--Certificate of Inspection
 
Sec. 176.105  How to obtain or renew.

    (a) A Certificate of Inspection is obtained or renewed by making 
application on Form CG 3752, ``Application for Inspection of U.S. 
Vessel,'' to the Coast Guard OCMI of the marine inspection zone in which 
the inspection is to be made. Form CG-3752 may be obtained

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at any U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office or Marine Inspection 
Office.
    (b) The application for initial inspection of a vessel being newly 
constructed or converted must be submitted prior to the start of the 
construction or conversion.
    (c) The construction, arrangement, and equipment of each vessel must 
be acceptable to the cognizant OCMI as a prerequisite of the issuance of 
the initial Certificate of Inspection. Acceptance is based on the 
information, specifications, drawings and calculations available to the 
OCMI, and on the successful completion of an initial inspection for 
certification.
    (d) A Certificate of Inspection is renewed by the issuance of a new 
Certification of Inspection.
    (e) The condition of the vessel and its equipment must be acceptable 
to the cognizant OCMI as a prerequisite to the Certificate of Inspection 
renewal. Acceptance is based on the condition of the vessel as found at 
the periodic inspection for certification.

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 953, Jan. 10, 1996; 61 FR 20557, May 7, 1996]