---
title: "Record which Marine Safety Center appeal path the decision appears to follow"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/maritime-shipping-and-transport/apply-for-internal-review-of-a-maritime-safety-regulator-s-decision/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A37-R20261018-6-US"
practice_area: "Maritime, Shipping & Transport"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Record which Marine Safety Center appeal path the decision appears to follow

> Record whether the decision is from the Marine Safety Center, and whether the file describes tonnage measurement, a new vessel or plans for a vessel to be built, or an existing vessel. Write no appeal.

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Maritime, Shipping & Transport](https://ailawframework.com/practice/maritime-shipping-and-transport.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Record whether the decision is from the Marine Safety Center, and whether the file describes tonnage measurement, a new vessel or plans for a vessel to be built, or an existing vessel. Write no appeal. |
| What the lawyer must review | 46 CFR section 1.03-30, as displayed on the Cornell page opened on 22 October 2026, is limited to decisions or actions of the Marine Safety Center. Subsection (a): a person directly affected by a decision involving tonnage measurement, or which otherwise affects a new vessel or plans for a vessel to be built, may, after requesting reconsideration by the Commanding Officer, Marine Safety Center, appeal via that officer to the Commandant under the procedures in section 1.03-15. Subsection (b): a decision not involving tonnage measurement but affecting an existing vessel requires, before a formal appeal, review by the cognizant Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, and may then be appealed to the District Commander under section 1.03-20. Sections 1.03-15 and 1.03-20 were not opened. This section is not a review path for every maritime safety decision. Cornell is not the official CFR. You write any appeal. Opinion 512. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Apply for internal review of a maritime safety regulator’s decision](https://ailawframework.com/practice/maritime-shipping-and-transport/apply-for-internal-review-of-a-maritime-safety-regulator-s-decision.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Record whether the decision is from the Marine Safety Center, and whether the file describes tonnage measurement, a new vessel or plans for a vessel to be built, or an existing vessel. Write no appeal.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Do not draft the appeal. The procedures sections were not opened.
- A classification-society decision has its own section, 1.03-35, which was not opened.

## Sources

- [46 CFR 1.03-30 (appeals from the Marine Safety Center)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/46/1.03-30) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*