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46 CFR 91.15-5 (up to date as of 10/21/2024)
Alternate compliance.

46 CFR 91.15-5 (Oct. 21, 2024)

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Title 46 —Shipping
Chapter I —Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
Subchapter I —Cargo and Miscellaneous Vessels
Part 91 —Inspection and Certification
Subpart 91.15 —Inspection of Vessels
Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3205, 3306, 3307, 70034; 46 U.S.C. Chapter 701; 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 65-50, 30 FR 16974, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.

Editorial Note: Nomenclature changes to part 91 appear by USCG-2012-0832, 77 FR 59779, Oct. 1, 2012.
§ 91.15-5 Alternate compliance.
(a) In place of compliance with other applicable provisions of this subchapter, the owner or operator of a
vessel subject to plan review and inspection under this subchapter for initial issuance or renewal of a
Certificate of Inspection may comply with the Alternate Compliance Program provisions of part 8 of this
chapter.
(b) For the purposes of this section, a list of authorized classification societies, including information for
ordering copies of approved classification society rules and supplements, is available at Coast Guard
Headquarters. Contact Commandant (CG-ENG), Attn: Office of Design and Engineering Systems, U.S.
Coast Guard Stop 7509, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20593-7509; telephone
202-372-1372 or fax 202-372-1925. Approved classification society rules and supplements are
incorporated by reference into 46 CFR 8.110(b).
[CGD 95-010, 62 FR 67536, Dec. 24, 1997, as amended by USCG-1999-5004, 64 FR 30439, June 8, 1999; USCG-2004-18884, 69 FR
58347, Sept. 30, 2004; USCG-2006-25697, 71 FR 55746, Sept. 25, 2006; USCG-2009-0702, 74 FR 49231, Sept. 25, 2009;
USCG-2013-0671, 78 FR 60150, Sept. 30, 2013]

46 CFR 91.15-5(b) (enhanced display)

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