---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 116.55"
title: "33"
number: "116.55"
heading: "Appeals."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/116.55"
---

# §116.55. Appeals.

- (a) Except for the decision to issue an Order to Alter, if a complainant disagrees with a decision regarding obstruction or eligibility made by a District Commander, or the Chief, Office of Bridge Programs, the complainant may appeal that decision to the Deputy Commandant for Operations.
- (b) The appeal must be submitted in writing to the Commandant (CG-DCO-D), Attn: Deputy for Operations Policy and Capabilities, U.S. Coast Guard Stop 7318, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20593-7318, or USCGDCO@uscg.mil, within 60 days after the District Commander's or the Chief, Office of Bridge Programs decision. The Deputy Commandant for Operations will make a decision on the appeal within 90 days after receipt of the appeal. The Deputy Commandant of Operations' decision of this appeal shall constitute final agency action.
- (c) Any Order of Apportionment made or issued under [section 6](/cfr/33/6.md) of the Truman-Hobbs Act, [33 U.S.C. 516](/usc/33/516.md), may be reviewed by the Court of Appeals for any judicial circuit in which the bridge in question is wholly or partly located, if a petition for review is filed within 90 days after the date of issuance of the order. The review is described in [section 10](/cfr/33/10.md) of the Truman-Hobbs Act, [33 U.S.C. 520](/usc/33/520.md). The review proceedings do not operate as a stay of any order issued under the Truman-Hobbs Act, other than an order of apportionment, nor relieve any bridge owner of any liability or penalty under other provisions of that act.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 91-063, 60 FR 20902, Apr. 28, 1995, as amended by CGD 96-026, 61 FR 33663, June 28, 1996; CGD 97-023, 62 FR 33363, June 19, 1997; USCG-2008-0179, 73 FR 35013, June 19, 2008; USCG-2010-0351, 75 FR 36283, June 25, 2010; USCG-2013-0397, 78 FR 39174, July 1, 2013; USCG-2014-0410, 79 FR 38433, July 7, 2014; USCG-2024-1103, 90 FR 52877, Nov. 24, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 401, 521.

### Source

Source: CGD 91-063, 60 FR 20902, Apr. 28, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 91-063, 60 FR 20902, Apr. 28, 1995, as amended by CGD 96-026, 61 FR 33663, June 28, 1996; CGD 97-023, 62 FR 33363, June 19, 1997; USCG-2008-0179, 73 FR 35013, June 19, 2008; USCG-2010-0351, 75 FR 36283, June 25, 2010; USCG-2013-0397, 78 FR 39174, July 1, 2013; USCG-2014-0410, 79 FR 38433, July 7, 2014; USCG-2024-1103, 90 FR 52877, Nov. 24, 2025]