46 CFR § 180.206 - Survival craft—vessels operating on Great Lakes routes.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s180.206"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 180.206 - Survival craft—vessels operating on Great Lakes routes."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "180.206"
section_name: "Survival craft—vessels operating on Great Lakes routes."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "T"
subchapter_name: "SMALL PASSENGER VESSELS (UNDER 100 GROSS TONS)"
part_number: "180"
part_name: "LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT AND ARRANGEMENTS"
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. 2104, 3306; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4."
regulatory_source: "CGD 85-080, 61 FR 975, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "180"
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# 180.206 Survival craft—vessels operating on Great Lakes routes.
(a) Except as allowed by paragraph (b) of this section, each vessel certificated to operate on a Great Lakes route must be provided with the survival craft required by § 180.205 (a) through (e), as appropriate.
(b) Each vessel certificated to operate on a Great Lakes route within one mile of land is not required to carry survival craft if the OCMI determines that it is safe to do so, taking into consideration the vessel's scope of operation, hazards of the route, and availability of assistance.
[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 975, Jan. 10, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 51357, Sept. 30, 1997]