[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: 33CFR151.28]

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                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. 151.28  Plan review and revision.

    (a) An owner or operator of a ship to which this subpart applies 
must review the shipboard oil pollution emergency plan annually and 
submit a letter to Commandant (G-MOR) certifying that the review has 
been completed. This review must occur within 1 month of the anniversary 
date of Coast Guard approval of the plan.
    (b) The owner or operator shall submit any plan amendments to 
Commandant (G-MOR) for information or approval.
    (c) The entire plan must be resubmitted to Commandant (G-MOR) for 
reapproval 6 months before the end of the Coast Guard approval period 
identified in Sec. 151.27(e) of this subpart.
    (d) A record of annual review and changes to the plan must be 
maintained in the last appendix of section six of the plan.
    (e) Except as provided in paragraph (f) of this section, revisions 
must receive prior approval by the Coast Guard before they can be 
incorporated into the plan.
    (f) Revisions to the seventh section of the plan and the appendices 
do not require approval by the Coast Guard. The

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Coast Guard shall be advised and provided a copy of the revisions as 
they occur.

[CGD 93-030, 59 FR 51342, Oct. 7, 1994, as amended by CGD 96-026, 61 FR 
33665, June 28, 1996]