§ 4.03-4 Individual directly involved in a serious marine incident.

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Title 46 CFR: Shipping › Chapter I: COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY › Part 4: MARINE CASUALTIES AND INVESTIGATIONS › Subpart 4.03: Subpart 4.03—Definitions › § 4.03-4: § 4.03-4 Individual directly involved in a serious marine incident.

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individual directly involved in a serious marine incident

is an individual whose order, action or failure to act is determined to be, or cannot be ruled out as, a causative factor in the events leading to or causing a serious marine incident.

[CGD 86-067, 53 FR 47077, Nov. 21, 1988]

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