33 CFR § 96.450 - What happens if the Coast Guard disapproves an organization's request to be authorized?

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title: "33 CFR § 96.450 - What happens if the Coast Guard disapproves an organization's request to be authorized?"
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "96.450"
section_name: "What happens if the Coast Guard disapproves an organization's request to be authorized?"
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
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subchapter_name: "VESSEL OPERATING REGULATIONS"
part_number: "96"
part_name: "RULES FOR THE SAFE OPERATION OF VESSELS AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS"
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authority: "46 U.S.C. 3201 et. seq.; 46 U.S.C. 3103; 46 U.S.C. 3316; 33 U.S.C. 1231."
regulatory_source: "CGD 95-073, 62 FR 67506, Dec. 24, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
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# 96.450 What happens if the Coast Guard disapproves an organization's request to be authorized?

(a) The Coast Guard will write to the organization explaining why it did not meet the criteria for authorization.

(b) The organization may then correct the deficiencies and reapply.