46 CFR § 401.401 - Surcharges.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s401.401"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 401.401 - Surcharges."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "401.401"
section_name: "Surcharges."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD (GREAT LAKES PILOTAGE), DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
part_number: "401"
part_name: "GREAT LAKES PILOTAGE REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "46 U.S.C. 2103, 2104(a), 6101, 7701, 8105, 9303, 9304; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4."
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# 401.401 Surcharges.

To facilitate safe, efficient, and reliable pilotage, and for good cause, the Director may authorize surcharges on any rate or charge authorized by this subpart. Surcharges must be proposed for prior public comment and may not be authorized for more than 1 year. Once the approved amount has been received, the pilot association is not authorized to collect any additional funds under the surcharge authority and must cease such collections for the remainder of that shipping season.

[USCG-2016-0268, 82 FR 41495, Aug. 31, 2017]