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46 CFR 14.405 (up to date as of 1/13/2025)
Procedures.

46 CFR 14.405 (Jan. 13, 2025)

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Title 46 —Shipping
Chapter I —Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
Subchapter B —Merchant Marine Officers and Seamen
Part 14 —Shipment and Discharge of Merchant Mariners
Subpart D —Oceanographic Research Vessels
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552; 46 U.S.C. Chapters 103 and 104; 46 U.S.C. 70105.
Source: CGD 94-004, 61 FR 56637, Nov. 4, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

§ 14.405 Procedures.
Link to an amendment published at 89 FR 102337, Dec. 17, 2024.
(a) Upon written request for the owner, charterer, managing operator, master, or individual in charge of the
vessel to the Coast Guard OCMI in whose zone the vessel is located, the Commandant may grant an
exemption of any oceanographic research vessel designated by 46 U.S.C. 2113(2) from any requirement
of any section listed by § 14.403(b).
(b) The request must state—
(1) Any requirement of any section listed in § 14.403(b) from which the applicant wishes an exemption;
and
(2) What business practices regarding, among other things, the shipment and discharge of merchant
mariners, their pay and allotments, and the adequacy of their clothing would justify the exemption.
(c) The Coast Guard will forward the request, along with his or her recommendation, to the Commandant,
who will determine whether to grant any exemption of any vessel from any requirement. The Coast Guard
will issue a letter indicating any exemption granted. The master or individual in charge of the vessel must
keep the letter aboard the vessel.
(d) If operating conditions change, the owner, charterer, managing operator, master, or individual in charge of
the vessel must so advise the Coast Guard . The Coast Guard will forward pertinent information on how
the conditions have changed, along with his or her recommendation, to the Commandant, who will
determine whether any exemption should remain granted.
[CGD 94-004, 61 FR 56637, Nov. 4, 1996, as amended by USCG-2004-17914, 78 FR 78000, Dec. 24, 2013]

46 CFR 14.405(d) (enhanced display)

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