46 CFR 4.05-35

§ 4.05-35 Incidents involving nuclear vessels.

United States · 46 CFR — Shipping · Status: effective

Cite this

Citation: 46 CFR 4.05-35, § 4.05-35 Incidents involving nuclear vessels, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/223185
Permanent ID: ys:prov:223185@1
SHA-256: 452afba5721357632b2d91178b044c99a794dbd781d68eab0bac452786242d4b

The hash is SHA-256 of this version's text, with every run of whitespace collapsed to a single space and the ends trimmed. The ID always leads back here, and checking it says whether the text you cited is still the current version.

Full text

The master of any nuclear vessel shall immediately inform the Commandant in the event of any accident or casualty to the nuclear vessel which may lead to an environmental hazard. The master shall also immediately inform the competent governmental authority of the country in whose waters the vessel may be or whose waters the vessel approaches in a damaged condition.

Legislative history

This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.