---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 28.10"
title: "46"
number: "28.10"
heading: "Authority."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/28.10"
---

# §28.10. Authority.


The regulations in this part are prescribed by the Commandant of the Coast Guard, pursuant to a delegation of authority by the Secretary of Homeland Security set forth in Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1, to carry out the intent and purpose of [46 U.S.C. 3316](/usc/46/3316.md) which authorizes the Secretary to rely on reports, documents, and certificates issued by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) or a similar United States classification society, or an agent of the ABS or similar society; sections [4502](/cfr/46/4502.md) and [4506](/cfr/46/4506.md) which require safety equipment and operational stability for certain vessels in the commercial fishing industry; [section 6104](/cfr/46/6104.md) which requires the Secretary of Transportation to compile statistics concerning marine casualties compiled from vessel insurers and to delegate that authority to compile statistics from insurers to a qualified person; and [section 10603](/cfr/46/10603.md) which requires seamen on commercial fishing industry vessels to give notice of illness, injury, or disability to their employer.


## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 88-079, 56 FR 40393, Aug. 14, 1991, as amended by USCG-2010-0759, 75 FR 60002, Sept. 29, 2010]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3316, 4502, 4505, 4506, 6104, 8103, 10603; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 88-079, 56 FR 40393, Aug. 14, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 88-079, 56 FR 40393, Aug. 14, 1991, as amended by USCG-2010-0759, 75 FR 60002, Sept. 29, 2010]