---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 221.7"
title: "46"
number: "221.7"
heading: "Applications and fees."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/221.7"
---

# §221.7. Applications and fees.

- (a) **Applications.** Whenever written approval of the Maritime Administrator is required for transfers to Noncitizens or to foreign registry or Operation Under Authority of a Foreign Country, or pursuant to a Maritime Administration contract or Order, an application on Maritime Administration Form MA-29 or MA-29B giving full particulars of the proposed transaction shall be filed with the Vessel Transfer Officer.
- (b) **Fees.** Applications for written approval of any of the following transactions shall be accompanied by the specified fee:
  - (1) **Transactions requiring approval for—**
  - (2) **Transactions requiring written approval pursuant to a Maritime Administration contract or Order—**
- (c) **Modification of applications or approvals.** An application for modification of any pending application or prior approval, or of an outstanding Maritime Administration contract or Order, shall be accompanied by the fee established for the original application.
- (d) **Reduction or waiver of fees.** The Maritime Administrator, in appropriate circumstances, and upon a written finding, may reduce any fee imposed by paragraph [(b)](#b) or [(c)](#c) of this section, or may waive the fee entirely in extenuating circumstances where the interest of the United States Government would be served.

## Notes

### Amendments

[57 FR 23478, June 3, 1992, as amended at 63 FR 6880, Feb. 11, 1998]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. chs. 301, 313, and 561; Pub. L. 114-74; 49 CFR 1.93.

### Source

Source: 57 FR 23478, June 3, 1992, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[57 FR 23478, June 3, 1992, as amended at 63 FR 6880, Feb. 11, 1998]