50 CFR § 600.1516 - Reimbursement opportunities for revoked Vessel Monitoring System type-approval products.

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title: "50 CFR § 600.1516 - Reimbursement opportunities for revoked Vessel Monitoring System type-approval products."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "600.1516"
section_name: "Reimbursement opportunities for revoked Vessel Monitoring System type-approval products."
chapter_name: "FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
part_number: "600"
part_name: "MAGNUSON-STEVENS ACT PROVISIONS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 561 and 16 U.S.C. 1801"
regulatory_source: "61 FR 32540, June 24, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
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# 600.1516 Reimbursement opportunities for revoked Vessel Monitoring System type-approval products.

(a) Subject to the availability of funds, vessel owners may be eligible for reimbursement payments for a replacement EMTU/EMTU-C if:

(1) All eligibility and process requirements specified by NMFS are met as described in NMFS Policy Directive 06-102; and

(2) The replacement type-approved EMTU/EMTU-C is installed on the vessel, and reporting to NMFS Office of Law Enforcement; and

(3) The type-approval for the previously installed EMTU/EMTU-C has been revoked by NMFS; or

(4) NMFS requires the vessel owner to purchase a new EMTU/EMTU-C prior to the end of an existing unit's service life.

(b) The cap for individual reimbursement payments is subject to change. If this occurs, NMFS Office of Law Enforcement will publish a notice in the *Federal Register* announcing the change.