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kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 160.151-53"
title: "46"
number: "160.151-53"
heading: "Notice to OCMI of servicing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/160.151-53"
---

# §160.151-53. Notice to OCMI of servicing.

- (a) Before servicing an inflatable liferaft under the servicing facility's Coast Guard approval, the owner or operator of the facility must tell the cognizant OCMI for each liferaft to be serviced—
  - (1) The make and size of the liferaft;
  - (2) The age of the liferaft; and
  - (3) **Whether the liferaft is due for a five-year inflation test.**
- (b) The OCMI will inform the servicing facility whether the servicing of the liferaft must be witnessed by an inspector.
- (c) If the OCMI requires the servicing of the liferaft to be witnessed by an inspector—
  - (1) The servicing facility must arrange a schedule with the OCMI that will allow a Coast Guard inspector to travel to the site where the servicing is to occur;
  - (2) The owner or operator of the servicing facility, by permission of the OCMI, may arrange for the servicing to be witnessed instead by a third-party inspector accepted by the OCMI if a Coast Guard marine inspector is not available in a timely manner; and
  - (3) The servicing facility must not begin servicing the liferaft until the inspector arrives at the site.
- (d) No deviation from servicing-manual procedures may occur without the prior approval of the OCMI. To request the approval of a deviation, the owner or operator of the servicing facility shall notify the OCMI of the proposed deviation from the procedures, and must explain to the OCMI the need for the deviation.

## Notes

### Source

Source: CGD 85-205, 62 FR 25547, May 9, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 3703, 4302; E.O. 12234; 45 FR 58801; 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; and DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.