[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: 33CFR155.420]

[Page 380]
 
                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. 155.420  Pumping, piping and discharge requirements for oceangoing ships of 100 gross tons and above but less than 400 gross tons.

    (a) No person may operate an oceangoing ship of 100 gross tons and 
above but less than 400 gross tons that is fitted with main or auxiliary 
machinery spaces unless:
    (1) The ship has at least one pump installed to discharge oily 
mixtures through a fixed piping system to a reception facility;
    (2) The piping system required by this section has at least one 
outlet accessible from the weather deck;
    (3) For a ship on an international voyage, the outlet required by 
this section has a shore connection that meets the specifications in 
Sec. 155.430, or the ship has at least one adapter that meets the 
specifications in Sec. 155.430 and fits the required outlets;
    (4) For a ship not on an international voyage, the outlet required 
by this section has a shore connection that is compatible with reception 
facilities in the ship's area of operation;
    (5) The ship has a means on the weather deck near the discharge 
outlet to stop each pump that is used to discharge oily mixtures; and
    (6) The ship has a stop valve installed for each outlet required by 
this section.
    (b) Paragraph (a) of this section does not apply to a ship that has 
approved oily-water separating equipment for the processing of oily 
mixtures from bilges or fuel oil tank ballast.
    (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 55572, Nov. 2, 2001]