---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 158.174"
title: "33"
number: "158.174"
heading: "Suspension of a Certificate of Adequacy: Procedure."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/158.174"
---

# §158.174. Suspension of a Certificate of Adequacy: Procedure.

- (a) If no evidence or arguments are submitted in response to a notification of a suspension order, the suspension is effective on the date stated in the order.
- (b) If any petition for withdrawing a suspension order is submitted in response to a notification of a suspension order, the COTP considers the evidence or arguments and notifies the person in charge of any action taken including—
  - (1) Denial of the petition for withdrawing a suspension order;
  - (2) Initiation of civil or criminal penalty action under [subpart 1.07 of part 1](/cfr/33/part1-subpart1.07.md) of this chapter; or
  - (3) **Withdrawing the suspension order.**

## Notes

### Source

Source: CGD 85-010, 52 FR 7761, Mar. 12, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1903(b), 1905(c); 49 CFR 1.46.