46 CFR § 272.16 - Non-compliance with survey requirements.

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title: "46 CFR § 272.16 - Non-compliance with survey requirements."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "272.16"
section_name: "Non-compliance with survey requirements."
chapter_name: "MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS AFFECTING SUBSIDIZED VESSELS AND OPERATORS"
part_number: "272"
part_name: "REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES FOR CONDUCTING CONDITION SURVEYS AND ADMINISTERING MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SUBSIDY"
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authority: "46 App. U.S.C. 1114(b), 1173, 1176; 49 CFR 1.66."
regulatory_source: "55 FR 34919, Aug. 27, 1990, unless otherwise noted."
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# 272.16 Non-compliance with survey requirements.

MARAD may disallow any one or more M&R claims otherwise eligible for subsidy if an Operator fails to:

(a) Contact the appropriate Region Office as required by § 272.14(a);

(b) Comply with provisions of § 272.14(c)(1) with respect to repair specifications, or to make the vessel reasonably available for inspection before its next sailing; or

(c) Comply with any other requirement specified in this subpart B.