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[CITE: 46USC3204]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
              Part B--Inspection and Regulation of Vessels
 
                    CHAPTER 32--MANAGEMENT OF VESSELS
 
Sec. 3204. Implementation of safety management system

    (a) Safety Management Plan.--Each responsible person shall establish 
and submit to the Secretary for approval a safety management plan 
describing how that person and vessels of the person to which this 
chapter applies will comply with the regulations prescribed under 
section 3203(a) of this title.
    (b) Approval.--Upon receipt of a safety management plan submitted 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall review the plan and approve it 
if the Secretary determines that it is consistent with and will assist 
in implementing the safety management system established under section 
3203.
    (c) Prohibition on Vessel Operation.--A vessel to which this chapter 
applies under section 3202(a) may not be operated without having on 
board a Safety Management Certificate and a copy of a Document of 
Compliance issued for the vessel under section 3205 of this title.

(Added Pub. L. 104-324, title VI, Sec. 602(a), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 
3929.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 3205 of this title.
