Title 46-Shipping (Part 150 to End) CHAPTER I-Coast Guard, Department of the Treasury (continued) CHAPTER II—Maritime Administration, Department of Commerce 201 CHAPTER II-Great Lakes Pilotage Administration, Department of Com CHAPTER I-COAST GUARD DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (Continued) SUBCHAPTER O -REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN VESSELS DURING EMERGENCY Part 154 Waivers of navigation and vessel inspection laws and regulations. [Amended] SUBCHAPTER P-MANNING OF VESSELS 157 Manning requirements. [Amended] SUBCHAPTER Q-SPECIFICATIONS 160 Lifesaving equipment. [Amended] 161 Electrical equipment. [Amended] 162 Engineering equipment. [Amended] 163 Construction. [Amended] 164 Materials. [Amended] SUBCHAPTER R- -NAUTICAL SCHOOLS 167 Public nautical school ships. [Amended] 168 Civilian nautical school vessels. [Amended] SUBCHAPTER S-NUMBERING OF UNDOCUMENTED VESSELS, STATISTICS ON NUMBERING, AND "BOATING ACCIDENT REPORTS" AND ACCIDENT STATISTICS 170 General provisions. [Added] 171 Standards for numbering. [Added] 172 Interpretive rulings-Federal Boating Act and Act of April 25, 1940, as amended. 172 Interpretive rulings-Federal Boating Act and Act of April 25, 1940, as amended. [Added] 173 Boating accidents, reports, and statistical information. [Added] SUBCHAPTER T-SMALL PASSENGER VESSELS (NOT MORE THAN 65 FEET IN LENGTH) [REVISED] SUBCHAPTER O-REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN VESSELS DURING EMERGENCY PART 154-WAIVERS OF NAVIGA- Sec. 154.06 Vessels operated by or chartered to Military Sea Transportation Service. [Added] 154.07 Chronological record of seaman's previous employment. [Amended] 154.35 Department of the Interior vessels operated by Pacific Micronesian Lines, Inc. [Revised] 154.73 M.V. Chicot. [Added; Expired] 154.75 "M.V. Four Winds", O.N. 203147. [Added; Revised] 154.76 "M.V. Sirena" (formerly FS-364). [Added; Revoked] § 154.06 Vessels operated by or chartered to Military Sea Transportation Service. (a) Pursuant to the request of the Deputy Secretary of Defense, dated August 6, 1958, made under the provisions of section 1 of Public Law 891, 81st Congress, approved December 27, 1950 (64 Stat. 1120; 46 U. S. C., note preceding 1), and his finding that a waiver is necessary in the interest of national defense, compliance with the provisions of the navigation and vessel inspection laws administered by the United States Coast Guard, as well as the regulations issued thereunder and contained in 33 CFR Chapter I, or in this chapter, is hereby waived to the extent and upon the terms and conditions as set forth in this section, in order to permit vessels operated by or chartered on a time or voyage basis to the Military Sea Transportation Service to carry out their assigned missions in support of troops deployed under emergency conditions. (b) An application requesting that this waiver be made effective with respect to a particular vessel may be made by the Commander, Military Sea Transportation Service, or any one of his duly designated representatives. Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this section, the application shall be in writing. The application shall be delivered to the Coast Guard District Commander or to his designated representative at the port or place where the vessel is located. In the case of a vessel in any foreign port or place, the application shall be made to the designated representative of the Commandant at such port or place, or if the Coast Guard has not established facilities in such port or place, to the nearest designated representative of the This is also codified as 33 CFR Part 19. Commandant at a port or place where such facilities have been established, or to the Commandant, U. S. Coast Guard, Washington, D. C. Every application shall: (1) Describe the laws and/or regulations by appropriate references and/or subjects with respect to which the waiver of compliance is desired; (2) Contain a certification that the waiver of compliance with such laws and/or regulations with respect to the vessel involved is necessary in the interest of national defense and is necessary by the Military Sea Transportation Service to carry out an assigned mission in support of troops deployed under einergency conditions; (3) The name and official number of the vessel involved (including the names of master, agent, and owner of the vessel involved); and, (4) For how long the waiver is needed. (c) The Coast Guard officer making the waiver in paragraph (a) of this section effective for a particular vessel shall immediately prepare, in quadruplicate, an order setting forth: (1) The name and official number of the vessel involved; (2) The laws and/or regulations with respect to which the waiver is effective; (3) The extent to which compliance with such laws and/or regulations is waived; and, (4) The period for which the waiver shall be effective. (d) If practicable, one copy of this waiver order shall be delivered to the master of the vessel involved before such vessel sails. In any case where the waiver order is not delivered to the master, it shall be delivered to the owner, operator, or agent of the vessel without delay. One copy of the waiver order shall be delivered to the Commander, Military Sea Transportation Service, or his duly designated representative, who submitted the application. One copy of the waiver order shall be transmitted to the Commandant (MVI) and the remaining copy kept on file. (e) In any case of extreme urgency, the application for a waiver order may be made orally and if the Coast Guard District Commander (or his designated representative, or the designated representative of the Commandant, or the Commandant, as the case may be), determines that the conditions in this section have been met, the waiver order shall be made effective without further delay, subject to the condition that the application be reduced to writing and delivered within such period after the date of the oral request as the Coast Guard officer making the waiver effective shall specify in the confirming written waiver order. (f) No penalty shall be imposed because of failure to comply with any provision of law and/or regulation, the waiver of which has been made effective pursuant to the requirements of this section. (g) This waiver order shall remain in effect until terminated by proper authority and notice of cancellation is published in the FEDERAL REGISTER. [CGFR 58-32, 22 F. R. 6835, Sept. 5, 1958] CROSS REFERENCE: See 33 CFR 1.25-65 for the fee for this record. [Cross Reference amended by CGFR 59-48, 24 F.R. 3055, Apr. 21, 1959] § 154.35 Department of the Interior vessels operated by Pacific Micronesian Lines, Inc. Pursuant to the request of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Installations and Logistics, in a letter dated July 3, 1962, made under the provisions of section 1 of the act of December 27, 1950 (64 Stat. 1120; 46 U.S.C., note preceding 1), and this waiver having been deemed necessary in the interest of national defense, I hereby waive compliance with the provisions of the navigation and vessel inspection laws relating to licensed and unlicensed personnel, passenger quarters, crew quarters, the number of passengers allowed to be carried on freight vessels, technical requirements for stowage for certain dangerous cargoes, and, in addition for vessels of United States registry, the requirements for U.S. Coast Guard type approval of lifeboats and their stores, and the making of repairs, alterations, or replacements (ordinarily requiring U.S. Coast Guard approval) in foreign countries, administered by the United States Coast Guard, as well as the regulations issued thereunder and published in 33 CFR Chapter I or in this chapter, to the extent necessary to permit the operation of vessels of the Department of the Interior |