[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: 33CFR151.27]

[Page 262]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 151--VESSELS CARRYING OIL, NOXIOUS LIQUID SUBSTANCES, GARBAGE, MUNICIPAL 
OR COMMERCIAL WASTE, AND BALLAST WATER--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart A--Implementation of MARPOL 73/78 and the Protocol on 
   Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty as it Pertains to 
                          Pollution from Ships
 
Sec. 151.27  Plan submission and approval.

    (a) No manned ship subject to this part may operate unless it 
carries on board a shipboard oil pollution emergency plan approved by 
the Coast Guard. An unmanned ship subject to this regulation must carry 
the notification list required in Sec. 151.26(b)(3) on board in the 
documentation container; remaining sections of the plan must be 
maintained on file at the home office. For new ships, plans must be 
submitted at least 90 days before the ship intends to begin operations.
    (b) An owner or operator of a ship to which this part applies shall 
prepare and submit one English language copy of the shipboard oil 
pollution emergency plan to Commandant (G-MOR), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 
Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001.
    (c) An owner or operator with multiple ships to which this part 
applies may submit one plan for each type of ship with a separate ship-
specific appendix for each vessel covered by the plan.
    (d) Combined shipboard oil pollution emergency plans and response 
plans meeting the requirements of subparts D and E of part 155 of this 
chapter must be prepared according to Sec. 155.1030(j) of this chapter.
    (e) If the Coast Guard determines that the plan meets all 
requirements of this section, the Coast Guard will notify the owner or 
operator of the ship and return a copy of the approved plan along with 
an approval letter. The approval period for a plan expires 5 years after 
the plan approval date.
    (f) If the Coast Guard determines that the plan does not meet all of 
the requirements, the Coast Guard will notify the owner or operator of 
the plan's deficiencies. The owner or operator must then resubmit two 
copies of the revised plan, or corrected portions of the plan, within 
time period specified in the written notice provided by the Coast Guard.

[CGD 93-030, 59 FR 51342, Oct. 7, 1994, as amended by CGD 96-026, 61 FR 
33665, June 28, 1996; USCG-1998-3799, 63 FR 35530, June 30, 1998]