[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR135.403]

[Page 68]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 135--OFFSHORE OIL POLLUTION COMPENSATION FUND--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart E--Access, Denial, and Detention
 
Sec. 135.403  Sanctions for failure to produce vessel Certificates of 
Financial Responsibility.

    (a) The Captain of the Port issues denial or detention orders to the 
owner, operator, agent, or master of any vessel that cannot show upon 
request a valid Certificate of Financial Responsibility issued under the 
Act.
    (b) A denial order forbids entry of any vessel subject to the Act to 
any port or place in the United States or to the navigable waters of the 
United States.
    (c) A detention order detains any vessel subject to the Act at the 
port or place in the United States from which it is about to depart for 
any other port or place in the United States.
    (d) The Captain of the Port termi nates a denial or detention order 
when the owner, operator, agent, or master of a vessel furnishes 
adequate evidence that the certification of financial responsibility 
requirements under the Act have been met.