---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 12.813"
title: "46"
number: "12.813"
heading: "Alternative means of compliance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/12.813"
---

# §12.813. Alternative means of compliance.

- (a) The owner or managing operator of a U.S. flag large passenger vessel seeking to employ non-resident aliens issued MMCs under this subpart may submit a plan to the Coast Guard, which, if approved, will serve as an alternative means of complying with the requirements of this subpart.
- (b) The plan must address all the elements contained in this subpart, as well as the related elements contained in [§ 15.530](/cfr/46/15.530.md) of this subchapter, to the satisfaction of the Coast Guard.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46 U.S.C. 2101, 2103, 2110, 7301, 7302, 7503, 7505, 7701, and 70105; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: USCG-2004-17914, 78 FR 77975, Dec. 24, 2013, unless otherwise noted.