---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 404.100"
title: "46"
number: "404.100"
heading: "Ratemaking and annual reviews in general."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/404.100"
---

# §404.100. Ratemaking and annual reviews in general.

- (a) The Director establishes base pilotage rates by a full ratemaking pursuant to [§§ 404.101 through 404.109](/cfr/46/404.101..404.109.md), which is conducted at least once every 5 years and completed by March 1 of the first year for which the base rates will be in effect. Base rates will be set to meet the goal specified in [§ 404.1(a)](/cfr/46/404.1.md?p=a).
- (b) In the interim years preceding the next scheduled full rate review, the Director will adjust base pilotage rates by an interim ratemaking pursuant to [§§ 404.101 through 404.109](/cfr/46/404.101..404.109.md).
- (c) Each year, the Director will announce whether the Coast Guard will conduct a full ratemaking or interim ratemaking procedure.

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2017-0903, 83 FR 26193, June 5, 2018, as amended by USCG-2025-0252, 91 FR 7148, Feb. 17, 2026]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 2104(a), 9303, 9304; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: USCG-2015-0497, 81 FR 11941, Mar. 7, 2016, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2017-0903, 83 FR 26193, June 5, 2018, as amended by USCG-2025-0252, 91 FR 7148, Feb. 17, 2026]