---
kind: "unit"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
key: "chIII/part404"
level: "part"
label: "Part 404"
heading: "Great Lakes Pilotage Ratemaking"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/chIII-part404"
sections_count: 13
---

# Part 404 — Great Lakes Pilotage Ratemaking

Title 46 C.F.R. — Shipping › Chapter III — Coast Guard (great Lakes Pilotage), Department of Homeland Security

## Sections

- [§404.1. General ratemaking provisions.](/cfr/46/404.1.md)
- [§404.2. Procedure and criteria for recognizing association expenses.](/cfr/46/404.2.md)
- [§404.3-404.99. Reserved](/cfr/46/404.3-404.99.md)
- [§404.100. Ratemaking and annual reviews in general.](/cfr/46/404.100.md)
- [§404.101. Ratemaking step 1: Recognize previous operating expenses.](/cfr/46/404.101.md)
- [§404.102. Ratemaking step 2: Project operating expenses, adjusting for inflation or deflation.](/cfr/46/404.102.md)
- [§404.103. Ratemaking step 3: Estimate number of registered pilots and apprentice pilots.](/cfr/46/404.103.md)
- [§404.104. Ratemaking step 4: Determine target pilot compensation benchmark and apprentice pilot wage benchmark.](/cfr/46/404.104.md)
- [§404.105. Ratemaking step 5: Project needed revenue.](/cfr/46/404.105.md)
- [§404.106. Ratemaking step 6: Calculate initial base rates.](/cfr/46/404.106.md)
- [§404.107. Ratemaking step 7: Calculate average weighting factors by area.](/cfr/46/404.107.md)
- [§404.108. Ratemaking step 8: Calculate revised base rates.](/cfr/46/404.108.md)
- [§404.109. Ratemaking step 9: Review and finalize rates.](/cfr/46/404.109.md)