[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR155.330]

[Page 377]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
    CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 155--OIL OR HAZARDOUS MATERIAL POLLUTION PREVENTION REGULATIONS FOR VESSELS--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart B--Vessel Equipment
 
Sec. 155.330  Oily mixture (bilge slops)/fuel oil tank ballast water discharges on U.S. non-oceangoing ships.

    (a) No person may operate a U.S. non-oceangoing ship in the 
navigable waters of the United States, unless it has the capacity to 
retain on board all oily mixtures and is equipped to discharge these 
oily mixtures to a reception facility.
    (b) A U.S. non-oceangoing ship may retain all oily mixtures on board 
in the ship's bilges. An oil residue (sludge) tank is not required.
    (c) This section does not apply to a fixed or floating drilling rig 
or other platform.

[CGD 75-124a, 48 FR 45715, Oct. 6, 1983, as amended by USCG-2000-7641, 
66 FR 55571, Nov. 2, 2001]