---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 125.170"
title: "46"
number: "125.170"
heading: "Equivalents."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/125.170"
---

# §125.170. Equivalents.


A substitution for fittings, materials, equipment, arrangements, calculations, information, or tests required by this subchapter may be accepted by the cognizant OCMI; by the Commanding Officer, Marine Safety Center; by the District Commander; or by the Commandant, if the substitution provides an equivalent level of safety.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 3307; 49 U.S.C. App. 1804; sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 82-004 and CGD 86-074, 62 FR 49321, Sept. 19, 1997, unless otherwise noted.