46 CFR § 197.206 - Substitutes for required equipment, materials, apparatus, arrangements, procedures, or tests.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s197.206"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 197.206 - Substitutes for required equipment, materials, apparatus, arrangements, procedures, or tests."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "197.206"
section_name: "Substitutes for required equipment, materials, apparatus, arrangements, procedures, or tests."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "MARINE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS"
part_number: "197"
part_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
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. 1509; 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703, 6101; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1."
regulatory_source: "CGD 76-009, 43 FR 53683, Nov. 16, 1978, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "197"
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# 197.206 Substitutes for required equipment, materials, apparatus, arrangements, procedures, or tests.
(a) The Coast Guard may accept substitutes for equipment, materials, apparatus, arrangements, procedures, or tests required in this subpart if the substitute provides an equivalent level of safety.
(b) In any case where it is shown to the satisfaction of the Commandant that the use of any particular equipment, material, apparatus, arrangement, procedure, or test is unreasonable or impracticable, the Commandant may permit the use of alternate equipment, material, apparatus, arrangement, procedure, or test to such an extent and upon such condition as will insure, to his satisfaction, a degree of safety consistent with the minimum standards set forth in this subpart.