46 C.F.R. Subpart A—General
Title 46 - Shipping
The purpose of this part is to carry out those provisions of the Great Lakes Pilotage Act of 1960 (74 Stat. 259, 46 U.S.C. 216) relating to the registration of United States pilots, the formation of pools by voluntary associations of United States registered pilots and the establishment of rates, charges, and other conditions or terms for services performed by registered pilots to meet the provisions of the Act. [26 FR 951, Jan. 31, 1961. Redesignated at 61 FR 32655, June 25, 1996, and further redesignated by USCG–1998–3976, 63 FR 35139, June 29, 1998] (a) Purpose. This section collects and displays the control numbers assigned to information collection and recordkeeping requirements in this subchapter by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). The Coast Guard intends that this section comply with the requirements of 44 U.S.C. 3507(f) which requires that agencies display a current control number assigned by the Diretor of the OMB for each approved agency information collection requirement. (b) Display. [49 FR 38122, Sept. 27, 1984. Redesignated at 61 FR 32655, June 25, 1996, and further redesignated by USCG–1998–3976, 63 FR 35139, June 29, 1998; USCG–2004–18884, 69 FR 58352, Sept. 30, 2004] (a) As used in this chapter: (1) Act means the Great Lakes Pilotage Act of 1960, as amended (Pub. L. 86–555, 74 Stat. 259–262; 46 U.S.C. 216 through 216i). (2) Commandant means Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Washington, DC 20593–0001. (3) Canadian Registered Pilot means a person, other than a member of the regular complement of a vessel, who holds an appropriate Canadian license issued by an agency of Canada, and is registered by a designated agency of Canada on substantially the same basis as registration under the provisions of Subpart B of this part. (4) Movage means the underway movement of a vessel in navigation from or to a dock, pier, wharf, dolphins, buoys, or anchorage other than a temporary anchorage for navigational or traffic purposes in such manner as to constitute a distinct separate movement not a substantive portion of a translake movement on arrival or departure, within the geographic confines of a harbor or port complex within such harbor. (5) Great Lakes means Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, their connecting and tributary waters, the St. Lawrence River as far east as Saint Regis, and adjacent port areas. (6) Other officer means the master or any other member of the regular complement of the vessel concerned who is qualified for the navigation of those United States waters of the Great Lakes which are not designated by the President in Proclamation No. 3385 dated December 22, 1960 and who is either licensed by the Secretary or certificated by an appropriate agency of Canada. (7) Secretary means the Secretary of Transportation or any person to whom he has delegated his authority in the matter concerned. (8) United States registered pilot means a person, other than a member of the regular complement of a vessel, who holds a license authorizing navigation on the Great Lakes and suitably endorsed for pilotage on routes specified therein, issued under the authority of the provisions of Title 52 of the Revised Statutes, and who is also registered under the provisions of Subpart B of this part. (9) Director means Director, Great Lakes Pilotage. Communications with the Director may be sent to the following address: Commandant (G-MWP-2), 2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593–0001, Attn: Director, Great Lakes Pilotage. (10) Rate computation definitions: (i) Length means the distance between the forward and after extremities of the ship. (ii) Breadth means the maximum breadth to the outside of the shell plating of the ship. (iii) Depth means the vertical distance at amidships from the top of the keel plate to the uppermost continuous deck, fore and aft, and which extends to the sides of the ship. The continuity of a deck shall not be considered to be affected by the existence of tonnage openings, engine spaces, or a step in the deck. (11) Person includes an individual, registered pilot, partnership, corporation, association, voluntary association, authorized pool, or public or private organization, other than an agency. (12) Applicant Pilot means a person who holds a license as a master, mate, or pilot issued under the authority of the provisions of Title 52 of the Revised Statutes, and has acquired at least twenty-four months licensed service or comparable experience on vessels or integrated tugs and tows, of 4,000 gross tons or over, operating on the Great Lakes or oceans, and who has applied for registration under the provisions of Subpart B of this part. Those persons qualifying with ocean service must have obtained at least six months of licensed service or comparable experience on the Great Lakes. (13) Applicant Trainee means a person who is in training to become an Applicant Pilot with an organization authorized to provide pilotage services. (14) Pool means an organization authorized to provide pilotage services. (15) Comparable experience means experience that is similar to the experience obtained by serving as an officer on a vessel. Training and experience while participating in a pilot training program of an authorized pilot organization is considered equivalent on a day for day basis to experience as an officer on a vessel. The training program of the authorized pilot organization must, however, include regularly scheduled trips on vessels of 4,000 gross tons or over in the company of a registered pilot. (16) Association means any organization that holds or held a Certificate of Authorization issued by the Director of Great Lakes Pilotage to operate a pilotage pool on the Great Lakes. [26 FR 951, Jan. 31, 1961, as amended at 31 FR 9064, July 1, 1966; 32 FR 14220, Oct. 13, 1967; CGFR 68–78, 33 FR 9823, July 9, 1968; CGFR 70–29a, 35 FR 10434, June 26, 1970; CGD 74–233, 40 FR 41526, Sept. 8, 1975; CGD 78–144a, 44 FR 19362, Apr. 2, 1979; CGD 78–1445, 44 FR 64837, Nov. 8, 1979; 53 FR 34538, Sept. 7, 1988; 60 FR 18369, Apr. 11, 1995; 61 FR 5721, Feb. 14, 1996. Redesignated and amended at 61 FR 32655, June 25, 1996, and further redesignated and amended by USCG–1998–3976, 63 FR 35139, June 29, 1998; USCG–2001–10224, 66 FR 48621, Sept. 21, 2001; USCG–2002–13058, 67 FR 61279, Sept. 30, 2002; USCG–2004–18884, 69 FR 58352, Sept. 30, 2004] No state, municipal, or other local authority shall require the use of pilots or regulate any aspect of pilotage in any of the waters specified in the Act. Only those persons registered as United States Registered Pilots or Canadian Registered Pilots as defined in this subpart may render pilotage services on any vessel subject to the Act and the Memorandum of Arrangements, Great Lakes Pilotage. [26 FR 951, Jan. 31, 1961. Redesignated at 61 FR 32655, June 25, 1996, and further redesignated by USCG–1998–3976, 63 FR 35139, June 29, 1998]
Title 46: Shipping
PART 401—GREAT LAKES PILOTAGE REGULATIONS
Subpart A—General
§ 401.100 Purpose.
§ 401.105 OMB control numbers assigned pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act.
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§ 401.110 Definitions.
§ 401.120 Federal reservation of pilotage regulations.
