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.
| 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.
| 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. |
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| 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.
| 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. | |||||
| A(ii) recovery of the helpless person can be observed from the navigating bridge; and | |||||
| A(iii) the vessel does not regularly engage in operations that restrict its maneuverability. | |||||
[CGD 84-069, 61 FR 25313, May 20, 1996, as amended at 63 FR 52819, Oct. 1, 1998; USCG-1999-6216, 64 FR 53229, Oct. 1, 1999; USCG-2000-7790, 65 FR 58465, Sept. 29, 2000]