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46 CFR 189.01-10 (up to date as of 4/11/2025)
Period of validity for a Certificate of Inspection.

46 CFR 189.01-10 (Apr. 11, 2025)

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Title 46 —Shipping
Chapter I —Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
Subchapter U —Oceanographic Research Vessels
Part 189 —Inspection and Certification
Subpart 189.01 —General Provisions; Certificate of Inspection
Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2113, 3306, 3307, 70034; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3
CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2.
Source: CGFR 67-83, 33 FR 1118, Jan. 27, 1968, unless otherwise noted.

§ 189.01-10 Period of validity for a Certificate of Inspection.
(a) A Certificate of Inspection is valid for 5 years. Application may be made by the master, owner, or agent for
inspection and issuance of a new certificate of inspection at any time during the period of validity of the
current certificate.
(b) Certificates of inspection may be revoked or suspended by the Coast Guard where such process is
authorized by law. This may occur if the vessel does not meet the requirements of law or regulations in
this chapter or if there is a failure to maintain the safety requirements requisite to the issuance of a
certificate of inspection.
(c)
(1) In the case of the following vessels, modification of the period of validity of the certificate of
inspection will be permitted as set forth in this paragraph:
(i)

Non-self-propelled vessels of 100 gross tons and over proceeding on the high seas or ocean for
the sole purpose of changing place of employment.

(ii) Non-self-propelled vessels of 100 gross tons and over making rare or infrequent voyages on the
high seas or ocean and returning to the port of departure.
(2) The certificate of inspection may be issued for a specific period of time to cover a described
situation or for one voyage only but not to exceed 5 years. The certificate of inspection will include
the conditions under which the vessel must operate. Unless the vessel is in compliance with this
subchapter insofar as it applies to seagoing barges of 100 gross tons and over, such vessel shall not
carry any person on board while underway, and the certificate of inspection will be endorsed as an
unmanned seagoing barge.
[CGFR 67-83, 33 FR 1118, Jan. 27, 1968, as amended by CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18911, Dec. 18, 1968; CGD 95-012, 60 FR 48052, Sept.
18, 1995; 60 FR 50120, Sept. 28, 1995; USCG-1999-4976, 65 FR 6509, Feb. 9, 2000]

46 CFR 189.01-10(c)(2) (enhanced display)

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