---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 68.31"
title: "46"
number: "68.31"
heading: "Vessel eligibility requirements for limited coastwise endorsement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/68.31"
---

# §68.31. Vessel eligibility requirements for limited coastwise endorsement.

- (a) A vessel must comply with all the requirements of [part 67](/cfr/46/part67.md) of this chapter, other than citizenship requirements, in order to be eligible for documentation under this subpart.
- (b) Notwithstanding 46 U.S.C. App. 883, a vessel remains eligible for documentation under this subpart even if the vessel was formerly owned by a not-for-profit oil spill response cooperative or by one or more members of a not-for-profit oil spill response cooperative and the vessel meets the criteria of [§ 68.29](/cfr/46/68.29.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 90-055, 57 FR 7642, Mar. 3, 1992. Redesignated and amended by USCG-2005-20258, 71 FR 61418, Oct. 18, 2006]

### Source

Source: CGD 90-055, 57 FR 7642, Mar. 3, 1992. Redesignated by USCG-2005-20258, 71 FR 61418, Oct. 18, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703, 8105; sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 80-107, 47 FR 27511, June 24, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 90-055, 57 FR 7642, Mar. 3, 1992. Redesignated and amended by USCG-2005-20258, 71 FR 61418, Oct. 18, 2006]