§ 80.501   Supplemental eligibility requirements.

   (a) A private coast station or a marine utility station may be granted only
   to a person who is:

   (1) Regularly engaged in the operation, docking, direction, construction,
   repair, servicing or management of one or more commercial transport vessels
   or United States, state or local government vessels; or is

   (2) Responsible for the operation, control, maintenance or development of a
   harbor, port or waterway used by commercial transport vessels; or is

   (3) Engaged in furnishing a ship arrival and departure service, and will
   employ  the  station only for the purpose of obtaining the information
   essential to that service; or is

   (4) A corporation proposing to furnish a nonprofit radio communication
   service to its parent corporation, to another subsidiary of the same parent,
   or to its own subsidiary where the party to be served performs any of the
   eligibility activities described in this section; or is

   (5) A nonprofit corporation or association, organized to furnish a maritime
   mobile  service  solely  to persons who operate one or more commercial
   transport vessels; or is

   (6)  Responsible  for  the  operation  of bridges, structures or other
   installations that area part of, or directly related to, a harbor, port or
   waterway when the operation of such facilities requires radio communications
   with vessels for safety or navigation; or is

   (7) A person controlling public moorage facilities; or is

   (8) A person servicing or supplying vessels other than commercial transport
   vessels; or is

   (9) An organized yacht club with moorage facilities; or is

   (10) A nonprofit organization providing noncommercial communications to
   vessels other than commercial transport vessels.

   (b) Each application for station authorization for a private coast station
   or a marine utility station must be accompanied by a statement indicating
   eligibility under paragraph (a) of this section.

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