# 401.710 Operating requirements for holders of Certificates of Authorization.
Each holder of a Certificate of Authorization must—
(a) Comply with the terms of any agreement for services by United States Registered Pilots on the Great Lakes between an appropriate agency of Canada and the Secretary, their designated agent, or the Director;
(b) Coordinate on a reciprocal basis its pilotage pool operations with pilotage pool operations of the Canadian Government, under the “Memorandum of Understanding, Great Lakes Pilotage, Between The United States Coast Guard and The Great Lakes Pilotage Authority,” effective September 19, 2013;
(c) Provide continuous arrangements and facilities for the efficient dispatching of pilotage service on a first-come, first-serve basis to vessels that give notice of pilotage service requirements to the pilotage dispatch station, except Pilots are not required to board a vessel that does not furnish safe boarding facilities;
(d) Dispatch pilotage service under the terms of its approved working rules as referenced in § 402.320;
(e) Comply with its working rules approved under § 402.320, except to the extent inconsistent with the dispatch orders of the Director under § 401.720(b);
(f) Comply with all accounting procedures and the reporting requirements in this chapter; and
(g) Make available to the Commandant all of its financial and operating records.
[CGD 74-233, 40 FR 41527, Sept. 8, 1975, as amended at 61 FR 5721, Feb. 14, 1996. Redesignated and amended at 61 FR 32655, June 25, 1996, and further redesignated and amended by USCG-1998-3976, 63 FR 35139, 35140, June 29, 1998; USCG-2022-0025, 89 FR 76353, Sept. 17, 2024]