[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR4.66c]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 4--VESSELS IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC TRADES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 4.66c  Oil pollution by oceangoing vessels.

    (a) If a port director receives a request from a Coast Guard officer 
to refuse or revoke the clearance or permit to proceed of a vessel 
because the vessel, its owner, operator, or person in charge, is liable 
for a fine or civil penalty, or reasonable cause exists to believe that 
they may be subject to a fine or civil penalty under the provisions of 
33 U.S.C. 1908 for violating the Protocol of 1978 Relating to the 
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 
1973 (MARPOL Protocol), the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, 1980 
(33 U.S.C. 1901-1911), or regulations issued thereunder, such clearance 
or a permit to proceed shall be refused or revoked. Clearance or a 
permit to proceed may be granted when the port director is informed that 
a bond or other security satisfactory to the Coast Guard has been filed.
    (b) If a port director receives a notification from a Coast Guard 
officer that an order has been issued to detain a vessel required to 
have an International Oil Pollution Prevention (IOPP) Certificate which 
does not have a valid certificate on board, or whose condition or whose 
equipment's condition does not substantially agree with the particulars 
of the certificate on board, or which presents an unreasonable threat of 
harm to the marine environment, the port director shall refuse or revoke 
the clearance or permit to proceed of the vessel if requested to do so 
by a Coast Guard officer. The port director shall not grant clearance or 
issue a permit to proceed to the vessel until notified by a Coast Guard 
officer that detention of the vessel is no longer required.
    (c) If a port director receives a notification from a Coast Guard 
officer to detain a vessel operated under the authority of a country not 
a party to the MARPOL Protocol which does not have a valid certificate 
on board showing that the vessel has been surveyed in accordance with 
and complies with the requirements of the MARPOL Protocol, or whose 
condition or whose equipment's condition does not substantially agree 
with the particulars of the certificate on board, or which presents an 
unreasonable threat of harm to the marine environment, the port director 
shall refuse or revoke the clearance or permit to proceed of the vessel 
if requested to do so by a Coast Guard officer. The port director shall 
not grant clearance or issue a permit to proceed to the vessel until 
notified by a Coast Guard officer that detention of the vessel is no 
longer required.

[T.D. 81-148, 49 FR 28695, July 16, 1984]