46 CFR § 176.840 - Additional tests and inspections.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s176.840"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 176.840 - Additional tests and inspections."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "176.840"
section_name: "Additional tests and inspections."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "T"
subchapter_name: "SMALL PASSENGER VESSELS (UNDER 100 GROSS TONS)"
part_number: "176"
part_name: "INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "33 U.S.C. 1321(j); 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3205, 3306, 3307; 49 U.S.C. App. 1804; E.O. 11735, 38 FR 21243, 3 CFR, 1971-1975 Comp., p. 743; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1."
regulatory_source: "CGD 85-080, 61 FR 953, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "176"
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# 176.840 Additional tests and inspections.

The cognizant OCMI may require that a vessel and its equipment undergo any additional test or inspection deemed reasonable and necessary to determine that the vessel and its equipment are suitable for the service in which they are to be employed.