---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 4.40-1"
title: "46"
number: "4.40-1"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/4.40-1"
---

# §4.40-1. Purpose.


This subpart prescribes the joint regulations of the National Transportation Safety Board and the Coast Guard for the investigation of marine casualties.


## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 82-034, 47 FR 45882, Oct. 14, 1982]

### Source

Source: CGD 76-149, 42 FR 61200, Dec. 1, 1977, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 2103, 2303a, 2306, 6101, 6301, 6305, 56311, and 70034; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4. Subpart 4.40 issued under 49 U.S.C. 1903(a)(1)(E).

### Source

Source: CGD 74-119, 39 FR 33317, Sept. 17, 1974, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 82-034, 47 FR 45882, Oct. 14, 1982]