---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 349.4"
title: "46"
number: "349.4"
heading: "Decision on application."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/349.4"
---

# §349.4. Decision on application.


MARAD will issue or deny certification (accompanied by an explanation in writing) to each applicant not later than 20 days after receipt of an application for certification.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 204(b), 302, Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 App. U.S.C. 1114(b), 1132); 38 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.; 49 CFR 1.66

### Source

Source: 62 FR 5159, Feb. 4, 1997, unless otherwise noted.