Sec. 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

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eligibility under paragraph (a) of this section.