---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 154.22"
title: "46"
number: "154.22"
heading: "Foreign flag vessel: Certificate of Compliance endorsement application."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/154.22"
---

# §154.22. Foreign flag vessel: Certificate of Compliance endorsement application.

- (a) A person who desires an endorsed Certificate of Compliance to meet [§ 154.1802(a)](/cfr/46/154.1802.md?p=a) of this part for a foreign flag vessel, whose flag administration issues IMO Certificates, must submit to the Commanding Officer (MSC), Attn: Marine Safety Center, U.S. Coast Guard Stop 7430, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20593-7430, in a written or electronic format, an application that includes the following:
  - (1) **The vessel's valid IMO Certificate.**
  - (2) **A description of the vessel.**
  - (3) **Specifications for the cargo containment system.**
  - (4) **A general arrangement plan of the vessel.**
  - (5) **A midship section plan of the vessel.**
  - (6) **Schematic plans of the liquid and vapor cargo piping.**
  - (7) **A firefighting and safety plan.**
  - (8) If the applicant is requesting an endorsement for the carriage of ethylene oxide, a classification society certification that the vessel meets [§ 154.1725(a)](/cfr/46/154.1725.md?p=a) (4), (5), and (7).
  - (9) If the vessel is a new gas vessel, or an existing vessel that does not meet § [154.12 (b)](/cfr/46/154.12.md?p=b), [(c)](/cfr/46/154.12.md?p=c), or [(d)](/cfr/46/154.12.md?p=d)—
    - (i) **A certification from a classification society that the vessel—**
      - (A) Has enhanced grades of steel meeting § [154.170 (b)(1)](/cfr/46/154.170.md?p=b-1) and [(b)(2)](/cfr/46/154.170.md?p=b-2) for crack arresting purposes in the deck stringer, sheer strake, and bilge strake; and
      - (B) Meets [§ 154.701](/cfr/46/154.701.md), or if the vessel carries methane, meets [§ 154.703](/cfr/46/154.703.md), by having the capability of cargo tank pressure and temperature control without venting; and
    - (ii) The vessel's valid SOLAS Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate and Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate.
  - (10) Any additional plans, certificates, and information needed by the Commanding Officer, Marine Safety Center to determine whether or not the vessel meets this part.
- (b) A person who desires an endorsed Certificate of Compliance to meet [§ 154.1802(b)](/cfr/46/154.1802.md?p=b) for a foreign flag vessel, whose flag administration does not issue IMO Certificates, must submit to the Commanding Officer, Marine Safety Center the plans, calculations, and information under [§ 154.15(b)](/cfr/46/154.15.md?p=b).

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 77-069, 52 FR 31626, Aug. 21, 1987, as amended by CGD 88-070, 53 FR 34535, Sept. 7, 1988; CGD 89-025, 54 FR 19571, May 8, 1989; CGD 95-072, 60 FR 50466, Sept. 29, 1995; 60 FR 54106, Oct. 19, 1995; USCG-2005-23172, 70 FR 75734, Dec. 21, 2005; USCG-2007-29018, 72 FR 53967, Sept. 21, 2007; USCG-2013-0671, 78 FR 60155, Sept. 30, 2013; USCG-2016-0498, 82 FR 35092, July 28, 2017]

### Source

Source: CGD 77-069, 52 FR 31626, Aug. 21, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3703, 9101; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 74-289, 44 FR 26009, May 3, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 77-069, 52 FR 31626, Aug. 21, 1987, as amended by CGD 88-070, 53 FR 34535, Sept. 7, 1988; CGD 89-025, 54 FR 19571, May 8, 1989; CGD 95-072, 60 FR 50466, Sept. 29, 1995; 60 FR 54106, Oct. 19, 1995; USCG-2005-23172, 70 FR 75734, Dec. 21, 2005; USCG-2007-29018, 72 FR 53967, Sept. 21, 2007; USCG-2013-0671, 78 FR 60155, Sept. 30, 2013; USCG-2016-0498, 82 FR 35092, July 28, 2017]