---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 138.510"
title: "46"
number: "138.510"
heading: "Required attendance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/138.510"
---

# §138.510. Required attendance.

- (a) The TPO and the owner or managing operator may be required to explain or otherwise demonstrate areas of the TSMS to the Coast Guard if there is evidence that a TSMS, for which a TSMS certificate was issued, is not in compliance with the provisions of this part. The Coast Guard may require a third party's attendance at the vessel or the office of the owner or managing operator for this purpose.
- (b) The Coast Guard will not bear any of the costs for a third party's attendance at the vessel or the office of the owner or managing operator when complying with this provision.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3103, 3301, 3306, 3308, 3316, 8104, 8904; 33 CFR 1.05; DHS Delegation 0170.1.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 40101, June 20, 2016, unless otherwise noted.