---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 3712"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "3712"
heading: "Notification of noncompliance"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/3712"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen"
  - "Part B — Inspection and Regulation of Vessels"
  - "Chapter 37 — Carriage of Liquid Bulk Dangerous Cargoes"
---

# §3712. Notification of noncompliance


The [Secretary](/usc/46/2101.md?p=46) shall notify the [owner](/usc/46/10101.md?p=2), charterer, managing operator, agent, [master](/usc/46/10101.md?p=1), or individual in charge of a vessel found not to be in compliance with a regulation prescribed under this part and state how compliance may be achieved.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 525.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |
| --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| 3712 | 46:391a(8)(A)<br>46:391a(8)(B) |

Section 3712 requires the Secretary to notify appropriate parties when a vessel is found not to be in compliance with applicable requirements, standards, or regulations and what remedial steps must be taken in order to comply with them.