[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: 46CFR176.900]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
    CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 176--INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
Subpart I--International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as 
                             Amended (SOLAS)
 
Sec. 176.900  Applicability.


    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subpart, a mechanically 
propelled vessel of the United States, which carries more than 12 
passengers on an international voyage must be in compliance with the 
applicable requirements of the International Convention for Safety of 
Life at Sea, 1974, as Amended (SOLAS), to which the United States 
Government is currently a party.
    (b) SOLAS does not apply to a vessel solely navigating the Great 
Lakes and the St. Lawrence River as far east as a straight line drawn 
from Cap des Rosiers to West Point, Anticosti Island and, on the north 
side of Anticosti Island, the 63rd Meridian.