---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 8.555"
title: "46"
number: "8.555"
heading: "Disenrollment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/8.555"
---

# §8.555. Disenrollment.

- (a) **Voluntary disenrollment.** A company may request SIP disenrollment (which includes all of its vessels) or may request disenrollment of a specific vessel from the SIP by writing to the cognizant OCMI. The OCMI will then issue a letter disenrolling the vessel or company. Disenrolled vessels will be inspected in accordance with the requirements of [46 CFR part 2](/cfr/46/part2.md), [subpart 2.01](/cfr/46/subpart2.01.md) of this chapter.
- (b) **Company disenrollment.** The OCMI may issue a letter disenrolling the company if the company no longer has at least one enrolled vessel or if the company fails to continue to meet the eligibility requirements in [§ 8.515](/cfr/46/8.515.md).
- (c) **Vessel disenrollment.** The OCMI may issue a letter disenrolling a vessel if any one or more of the following occurs:
  - (1) **The sale of the vessel.**
  - (2) **A finalized letter of warning or assessment of a civil penalty for—**
    - (i) Operating outside the scope of the vessel's COI or Stability Letter;
    - (ii) Not reporting a personnel or material casualty required to be reported under [46 CFR part 4](/cfr/46/part4.md); or
    - (iii) A material deficiency listed in [§ 8.515(b)(3)](/cfr/46/8.515.md?p=b-3).

## 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.