---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 69.73"
title: "46"
number: "69.73"
heading: "Treatment of novel type vessels."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/69.73"
---

# §69.73. Treatment of novel type vessels.

- (a) When application of this subpart to a novel type vessel produces unreasonable or impractical results, the Commandant may determine a more suitable method of measurement.
- (b) Requests for a determination must be submitted to the Commandant, explaining the reasons for seeking a determination, and including a description of the spaces in question, if applicable.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 87-015b, 54 FR 37657, Sept. 12, 1989, as amended by CGD 97-057, 62 FR 51045, Sept. 30, 1997; USCG-1999-6216, 64 FR 53225, Oct. 1, 1999; USCG-2011-0522, 81 FR 18722, Mar. 31, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2301, 14103, 14104; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 87-015b, 54 FR 37657, Sept. 12, 1989, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 87-015b, 54 FR 37657, Sept. 12, 1989, as amended by CGD 97-057, 62 FR 51045, Sept. 30, 1997; USCG-1999-6216, 64 FR 53225, Oct. 1, 1999; USCG-2011-0522, 81 FR 18722, Mar. 31, 2016]