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33 CFR 140.15 (up to date as of 6/03/2024)
Equivalents and approved equipment.

33 CFR 140.15 (June 3, 2024)

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Title 33 —Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter I —Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
Subchapter N —Outer Continental Shelf Activities
Part 140 —General
Subpart A —General
Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333, 1348, 1350, 1356; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.
Source: CGD 78-160, 47 FR 9376, Mar. 4, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

§ 140.15 Equivalents and approved equipment.
(a) The use of alternate equipment or procedures for those specified in this subchapter may be permitted by
an Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, to the extent and upon conditions as will insure a degree of safety
comparable to or greater than that provided by the minimum standards in this subchapter.
(b) Where equipment in this subchapter is required to be of an approved type, the equipment requires the
specific approval of the Commandant. Approvals are published in the FEDERAL REGISTER and COMDTINST
M16714.3 (Series) Equipment List, available from Coast Guard Headquarters. Contact Commandant (CGENG), Attn: Office of Design and Engineering Standards, U.S. Coast Guard Stop 7509, 2703 Martin Luther
King Jr. Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20593-7509.
(c) Specifications for certain items required to be of an approved type are contained in 46 CFR Parts 160
through 164.
[CGD 78-160, 47 FR 9376, Mar. 4, 1982, as amended at CGD 88-052, 53 FR 25121, July 1, 1988; CGD 96-026, 61 FR 33665, June
28, 1996; USCG-2010-0351, 75 FR 36283, June 25, 2010; USCG-2014-0410, 79 FR 38434, July 7, 2014]

33 CFR 140.15(c) (enhanced display)

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