---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 702.172"
title: "20"
number: "702.172"
heading: "Certification; definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/702.172"
---

# §702.172. Certification; definitions.


For purposes of [§§ 702.171 through 702.175](/cfr/20/702.171..702.175.md) dealing with certification of small vessel facilities, the following definitions are applicable.

- (a)
  - (1) “Small vessel” means only those vessels described in section 3(d)(3) of the Act, [33 U.S.C. 903(d)(3)](/usc/33/903.md?p=d-3), that is:
    - (i) A commercial barge which is under 900 lightship displacement tons (long); or
    - (ii) A commercial tugboat, towboat, crewboat, supply boat, fishing vessel or other work vessel which is under 1,600 tons gross.
  - (2) **For these purposes—**
    - (i) One gross ton equals 100 cubic feet, as measured by the current formula contained in the Act of May 6, 1894 as amended through 1974 ([46 U.S.C. 77](/usc/46/77.md)); (ii) one long ton equals 2,240 lbs; and (iii) “Commercial” as it applies to “vessel” means any vessel engaged in commerce but does not include military vessels or Coast Guard vessels.
- (b) “Federal Maritime Subsidy” means the construction differential subsidy (CDS) or operating differential subsidy under the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 ([46 U.S.C. 1101](/usc/46/1101.md) et seq.).
- (c) facility means an operation of an employer at a particular contiguous geographic location.

## Notes

### Amendments

[51 FR 4283, Feb. 3, 1986]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, and 8171 et seq.; 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.; 43 U.S.C. 1333; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 64 Stat. 1263; Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834.

### Source

Source: 38 FR 26861, Sept. 26, 1973, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[51 FR 4283, Feb. 3, 1986]