33 CFR § 101.665 - Noncompliance, waivers, and equivalents.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s101.665"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 101.665 - Noncompliance, waivers, and equivalents."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "101.665"
section_name: "Noncompliance, waivers, and equivalents."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "MARITIME SECURITY"
part_number: "101"
part_name: "MARITIME SECURITY: GENERAL"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "46 U.S.C. 70101-70104 and 70124; Executive Order 12656, 3 CFR, 1988 Comp., p. 585; 33 CFR 1.05-1, 6.04-11, 6.14, 6.16, and 6.19; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4."
regulatory_source: "USCG-2003-14792, 68 FR 39278, July 1, 2003, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "101"
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# 101.665 Noncompliance, waivers, and equivalents.
An owner or operator, after completion of the required Cybersecurity Assessment, may seek a waiver or an equivalence determination for the requirements in subpart F using the standards and submission procedures applicable to a U.S.-flagged vessel, facility, or OCS facility as outlined in 33 CFR 101.130, 104.130, 104.135, 105.130, 105.135, 106.125, or 106.130. If an owner or operator must temporarily deviate from the requirements in this part, they must notify the cognizant COTP for facilities or OCS facilities, or the MSC for U.S.-flagged vessels, and may request temporary permission to continue to operate under the provisions as outlined in 33 CFR 104.125, 105.125, or 106.120.