---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 8.500"
title: "46"
number: "8.500"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/8.500"
---

# §8.500. Purpose.

- (a) This subpart establishes the Streamlined Inspection Program (SIP) which is a voluntary alternative inspection program for U.S. documented or registered vessels required to maintain a valid certificate of inspection (COI).
- (b) This subpart sets out the eligibility and application requirements and the plan development and approval procedures for enrollment of companies and their vessels in the SIP.

## Notes

### Source

Source: CGD 96-055, 63 FR 44353, Aug. 18, 1998, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1903, 1904, 3803 and 3821; 46 U.S.C. 3103, 3306, 3316, 3703, and 70034; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1 and Aug. 8, 2011 Delegation of Authority, Anti-Fouling Systems.

### Source

Source: CGD 95-010, 62 FR 67532, Dec. 24, 1997, unless otherwise noted.