---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 199.610"
title: "46"
number: "199.610"
heading: "Exemptions for vessels in specified services."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/199.610"
---

# §199.610. Exemptions for vessels in specified services.

- (a) **All vessels.** Vessels operating in coastwise, Great Lakes, lakes, bays and sounds, and rivers services are exempt from requirements in subparts [A](/cfr/46/subpartA.md) through [E](/cfr/46/subpartE.md) of this part as specified in table 199.610(a) of this section.
- (b) **Passenger vessels.** In addition to the exemptions in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, passenger vessels operating in coastwise; Great Lakes; lakes, bays, and sounds; and rivers service are exempt from requirements in subparts [A](/cfr/46/subpartA.md) through [E](/cfr/46/subpartE.md) of this part as specified in table 199.610(b) of this section.
- (c) **Cargo vessels.** In addition to the exemptions in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, cargo vessels are exempt from requirements in subparts [A](/cfr/46/subpartA.md) through [E](/cfr/46/subpartE.md) of this part as specified in table 199.610(c) of this section.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 84-069, 61 FR 25313, May 20, 1996, as amended at 63 FR 52819, Oct. 1, 1998; USCG-1999-6216, 64 FR 53229, Oct. 1, 1999; USCG-2000-7790, 65 FR 58465, Sept. 29, 2000]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703; Pub. L. 103-206, 107 Stat. 2439; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 84-069, 61 FR 25313, May 20, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 84-069, 61 FR 25313, May 20, 1996, as amended at 63 FR 52819, Oct. 1, 1998; USCG-1999-6216, 64 FR 53229, Oct. 1, 1999; USCG-2000-7790, 65 FR 58465, Sept. 29, 2000]