Title 46
SECTION 199.610
199.610 Exemptions for vessels in specified services.
§ 199.610 Exemptions for vessels in specified services.(a) All vessels. Vessels operating in coastwise, Great Lakes, lakes, bays and sounds, and rivers services are exempt from requirements in subparts A through E of this part as specified in table 199.610(a) of this section.
Table 199.610(a) - Exemptions for All Vessels in Specified Services
| Section or paragraph in this part | Service | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coastwise | Great Lakes | Lakes, bays, and sounds | Rivers | |
| 199.60(c): Distress signals | ( 1) | ( 1) | Exempt | Exempt. |
| 199.70(a)(3)(iii): Lifebuoys fitted with smoke signals | Exempt | Exempt | Exempt | Exempt. |
| 199.70(b)(1)(i): Carriage of additional child-size lifejackets | ( 2) | ( 2) | ( 2) | ( 2) |
| 199.70(b)(4)(i): Lifejacket lights (for lifejackets) | ( 3) | ( 3) | Exempt | Exempt. |
| 199.70(c)(4)(i): Lifejacket lights (for immersion suits) | ( 3) | ( 3) | Exempt | Exempt. |
| 199.70(b)(4)(ii): Lifejacket whistles | Exempt | Exempt | Exempt | Exempt. |
| 199.70(c): Immersion suits for rescue boat crew members | Not Exempt | Not Exempt | Exempt | Exempt. |
| 199.70(c)(4)(ii): Immersion suit whistles | Exempt | Exempt | Exempt | Exempt. |
| 199.100(c)(1): Requirements for person-in-charge of survival craft | Not Exempt | Not Exempt | Not Exempt | Exempt. |
| 199.100(d): Designation of second-in-command of lifeboat | ( 4) | ( 4) | ( 4) | Exempt. |
| 199.110(f): Embarkation ladders at launching stations | ( 5) | ( 5) | ( 5) | ( 5) |
| 199.130(a)(4): Survival craft stowage position | Not Exempt | Not Exempt | Exempt | Exempt. |
| 199.170: Line-throwing appliance | Not Exempt | Exempt | Exempt | Exempt. |
| 199.175(b)(21)(i)(G) or 199.640(j)(4)(iii)(E): Float-free link | ( 6) | ( 6) | ( 6) | ( 6) |
| 199.190(j): Renewal of survival craft falls | Not Exempt | ( 7) | ( 7) | ( 7) |
| 199.202 or 199.262 Rescue boats | ( 8) | ( 8) | ( 8) | ( 8) |
| 199.510: EPIRB requirement | ( 8 9) | ( 8 10) | Exempt | Exempt. |
Notes:
1 Exempt if the vessel operates on a route with a duration of 30 minutes or less.
2 Exempt if the vessel does not carry persons smaller than the lower size limit of the lifejackets carried.
3 Exempt if the vessel is a ferry or has no overnight accommodations.
4 Exempt if the lifeboat has a carrying capacity of less than 40 persons.
5 Exempt if the distance is less than 3 meters (10 feet) from the embarkation deck to the water with the vessel in its lightest seagoing operating condition.
6 Exempt if the vessel operates on a route on which the water depth is never more than the length of the painter.
7 Exempt if the vessel operates on a fresh water route and inspection shows that the falls are not damaged by corrosion.
8 Exempt if the vessel is non-self propelled and in tow, moored to or alongside a MODU or a self-propelled vessel, or moored to shore.
9 Exempt if the vessel is a cargo vessel under 300 tons gross tonnage and operates on a route no more than 3 nautical miles from shore.
10 Exempt if the vessel operates on a route no more than 3 nautical miles from shore.
(b) Passenger vessels. In addition to the exemptions in paragraph (a) of this section, passenger vessels operating in coastwise; Great Lakes; lakes, bays, and sounds; and rivers service are exempt from requirements in subparts A through E of this part as specified in table 199.610(b) of this section.
Table 199.610(b) - Exemptions for Passenger Vessels in Specified Services
| Section or paragraph in this part | Service | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coastwise | Great Lakes | Lakes, bays, and sounds | Rivers | |
| 199.203: Marshalling of liferafts | Not Exempt | Exempt | Exempt | Exempt. |
| 199.211(b): Lights on lifebuoys | ( 1) | ( 1) | ( 1) | ( 1) |
| 199.212(a): Carriage of additional five percent lifejackets | Exempt | Exempt | Exempt | Exempt. |
| 199.214: Immersion suits and thermal protective aids in lifeboats | Not Exempt | Not Exempt | Exempt | Exempt. |
Note:
1 Exempt if the length of vessel is under 60 meters (197 feet) and there are self-igniting lights attached to at least one-half the required lifebuoys.
(c) Cargo vessels. In addition to the exemptions in paragraph (a) of this section, cargo vessels are exempt from requirements in subparts A through E of this part as specified in table 199.610(c) of this section.
Table 199.610(c) - Exemptions for Cargo Vessels in Specified Services
| Section or paragraph in this part | Service | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oceans | Coastwise | Great Lakes | Lakes, Bays, and Sounds | Rivers | |
| 199.70(a)(3)(ii): Lights on lifebuoys | Not exempt | ( 1) | ( 1) | ( 1) | ( 1) |
| 199.80(b): Muster list | ( 2) | ( 2) | ( 2) | ( 2) | ( 2) |
| 199.262(a): Rescue boats | ( 2 3) | ( 3) | ( 3) | ( 3) | ( 3) |
| 199.273: Immersion suits | Not exempt | Not exempt | Not exempt | Exempt | Exempt |
Notes:
1 Exempt if the length of vessel is under 30 meters (99 feet).
2 Exempt if the vessel is under 500 tons gross tonnage.
3 Exempt if - (i) the OCMI determines the vessel is arranged to allow a helpless person to be recovered from the water.
(ii) recovery of the helpless person can be observed from the navigating bridge; and
(iii) the vessel does not regularly engage in operations that restrict its maneuverability.