---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 148.505"
title: "33"
number: "148.505"
heading: "How do I apply for an exemption?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/148.505"
---

# §148.505. How do I apply for an exemption?

- (a) Any person required to comply with a requirement in this subchapter may submit a petition for exemption from that requirement.
- (b) The petition must be submitted in writing to the Commandant (CG-5P) and the MARAD Administrator.
- (c) The Commandant (CG-5P) may require the petition to provide an alternative to the requirement.

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, as amended by USCG-2013-0397, 78 FR 39177, July 1, 2013]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1504; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1 (75).

### Source

Source: USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, as amended by USCG-2013-0397, 78 FR 39177, July 1, 2013]