1. Regulations
  2. title 33
  3. chapter I-i1
  4. part 157
  5. subpart C
  6. § 157.27

View all text of Subpart C [§ 157.25 - § 157.49]

§ 157.27 - Discharges: Tank vessels carrying oil exclusively on rivers, lakes, bays, sounds, and the Great Lakes, and seagoing tank vessels of less than 150 gross tons.

Unless a tank vessel carrying oil exclusively on rivers, lakes, bays, sounds, and the Great Lakes, or a seagoing tank vessel of less than 150 gross tons discharges clean ballast or segregated ballast, the vessel must:

(a) Retain on board any oily mixture; or

(b) Transfer an oily mixture to a reception facility.

AUTHORITY: 33 U.S.C. 1903; 46 U.S.C. 3703, 3703a (note); Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1. Subparts G, H, and I are also issued under section 4115(b), Pub. L. 101-380, 104 Stat. 520; Pub. L. 104-55, 109 Stat. 546.

SOURCE: CGD 74-32, 40 FR 48283, Oct. 14, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 33 CFR 157.27