46 U.S.C. § 55108: Platform jackets

The term “coastwise qualified vessel” means a vessel that has been issued a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement under chapter 121 of this title. platform jackets; tension leg or SPAR platform superstructures (including the deck, drilling rig and support utilities, and supporting structure); hull (including vertical legs and connecting pontoons or vertical cylinder); tower and base sections of a platform jacket; jacket structures; and deck modules (known as “topsides”). the launch barge was built before December 31, 2000 , and has a launch capacity of at least 12,000 long tons; and the Secretary of Transportation makes a determination, in accordance with procedures established under subsection (c), that a suitable coastwise qualified vessel is not available for use in the transportation and, if needed, launch or installation of a platform jacket. describing the project and the platform jacket involved; advising that all relevant information reasonably needed to assess the transportation requirements for the platform jacket will be made available to interested parties on request; and requesting that information on the availability of coastwise qualified vessels be submitted within 30 days after publication of that notice; and no information is submitted to the Secretary within that 30 day period; or the owner or operator of a coastwise qualified vessel submits information to the Secretary asserting that the owner or operator has a suitable coastwise qualified vessel available for the transportation, but the Secretary determines, within 90 days after the notice is first published, that the coastwise qualified vessel is not suitable or reasonably available for the transportation.