---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 140.5"
title: "33"
number: "140.5"
heading: "Exemptions during construction."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/140.5"
---

# §140.5. Exemptions during construction.


The Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, may exempt any unit under construction from any requirements of this subchapter that would be impracticable or unreasonable to apply during construction or erection of the unit.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333, 1348, 1350, 1356; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 78-160, 47 FR 9376, Mar. 4, 1982, unless otherwise noted.