Code of Federal Regulations Title 46. Shipping § 46.7.1 General purpose of boundary lines

The lines in this part delineate the application of the following U.S. statutes:  33 U.S.C. 152 relating to the length of towing hawsers;  33 U.S.C. 1201 et seq., the Vessel Bridge-to-Bridge Radiotelephone Act;  46 U.S.C. 5102(b)(6), which exempt from load line requirements certain vessels on domestic voyages;  46 U.S.C. 3301(6) requiring the inspection of seagoing barges which are defined in 46 U.S.C. 2101(32);  46 U.S.C. 3301(7) requiring the inspection of seagoing motor vessels which are defined in 46 U.S.C. 2101(33);  46 U.S.C. 3302(d) which exempts from inspection requirements certain vessels under 150 gross tons that operate within the waters of southeastern Alaska and the State of Washington;  and 46 U.S.C. 8304, “Implementing the Officers' Competency Certificates Convention, 1936.”