---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 91.40-5"
title: "46"
number: "91.40-5"
heading: "Notice and plans required."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/91.40-5"
---

# §91.40-5. Notice and plans required.

- (a) The master, owner, operator, or agent of the vessel shall notify the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, whenever the vessel is to be drydocked regardless of the reason for drydocking.
- (b) Each vessel, except barges, that holds a Load Line Certificate must have on board a plan showing the vessel's scantlings. This plan must be made available to the Coast Guard marine inspector whenever the vessel undergoes a drydock examination, internal structural examination, cargo tank internal examination, or underwater survey or whenever repairs are made to the vessel's hull.
- (c) Each barge that holds a Load Line Certificate must have a plan showing the barge's scantlings. The plan need not be maintained on board the barge but must be made available to the Coast Guard marine inspector whenever the barge undergoes a drydock examination, internal structural examination, or cargo tank internal examination, or underwater survey or whenever repairs are made to the barge's hull.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 84-024, 52 FR 39654, Oct. 23, 1987]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3205, 3306, 3307, 70034; 46 U.S.C. Chapter 701; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2.

### Source

Source: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16974, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 84-024, 52 FR 39654, Oct. 23, 1987]