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Code · CFR · Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters · Part 81 · § 81.9

§ 81.9. Certificate of Alternative Compliance: Contents.

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The Chief of the Prevention Division issues the Certificate of Alternative Compliance to the vessel based on a determination that it cannot comply fully with 72 COLREGS light, shape, and sound signal provisions without interference with its special function. This Certificate includes---
(a)Identification of the vessel as supplied in the application under § 81.5(a)(2);
(b)The provision of the 72 COLREGS for which the Certificate authorizes alternative compliance;
(c)A certification that the vessel is unable to comply fully with the 72 COLREGS lights, shape, and sound signal requirements without interference with its special function;
(d)A statement of why full compliance would interfere with the special function of the vessel;
(e)The required alternative installation;
(f)A statement that the required alternative installation is in the closest possible compliance with the 72 COLREGS without interfering with the special function of the vessel;
(g)The date of issuance;
(h)A statement that the Certificate of Alternative Compliance terminates when the vessel ceases to be usually engaged in the operation for which the certificate is issued. \[CGD 77-136, 47 FR 13800, Apr. 1, 1982, as amended by USCG-2018-0874, 84 FR 30878, June 28, 2019\]
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