---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 89.9"
title: "33"
number: "89.9"
heading: "Certificate of Alternative Compliance: Contents."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/89.9"
---

# §89.9. Certificate of Alternative Compliance: Contents.


The Chief of the Prevention Division issues the Certificate of Alternative Compliance to the vessel based on a determination that it cannot comply fully with Inland Rules light, shape, and sound signal provisions without interference with its special function. This Certificate includes:

- (a) Identification of the vessel as supplied in the application under [§ 89.5(a)(2)](/cfr/33/89.5.md?p=a-2);
- (b) The provision of the Inland Rules for which the Certificate authorizes alternative compliance;
- (c) A certification that the vessel is unable to comply fully with the Inland Rules light, shape, and sound signal requirements without interference with its special function;
- (d) A statement of why full compliance would interfere with the special function of the vessel;
- (e) The required alternative installation;
- (f) A statement that the required alternative installation is in the closest possible compliance with the Inland Rules without interfering with the special function of the vessel;
- (g) The date of issuance;
- (h) A statement that the Certificate of Alternative Compliance terminates when the vessel ceases to be usually engaged in the operation for which the certificate is issued.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 80-157, 47 FR 13801, Apr. 1, 1982, as amended by USCG-2018-0874, 84 FR 30878, June 28, 2019]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 2071; 49 CFR 1.46(n)(14).

### Source

Source: CGD 80-157, 47 FR 13801, Apr. 1, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 80-157, 47 FR 13801, Apr. 1, 1982, as amended by USCG-2018-0874, 84 FR 30878, June 28, 2019]