33 CFR § 169.235 - What exemptions are there from reporting?

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title: "33 CFR § 169.235 - What exemptions are there from reporting?"
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title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
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section_name: "What exemptions are there from reporting?"
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
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# 169.235 What exemptions are there from reporting?

A ship is exempt from this subpart if it is—

(a) Fitted with an operating automatic identification system (AIS), under 33 CFR 164.46, and operates only within 20 nautical miles of the United States baseline,

(b) A warship, naval auxiliaries or other ship owned or operated by a SOLAS Contracting Government and used only on Government non-commercial service, or

(c) A ship solely navigating the Great Lakes of North America and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as the lower exit of the St. Lambert Lock at Montreal in the Province of Quebec, Canada.