[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: 33CFR156.200]

[Page 443]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 156--OIL AND HAZARDOUS MATERIAL TRANSFER OPERATIONS--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart B--Special Requirements for Lightering of Oil and Hazardous 
                            Material Cargoes
 
Sec. 156.200  Applicability.

    Source: CGD 78-180, 49 FR 11172, Mar. 26, 1984, unless otherwise 
noted.


    This subpart applies to each vessel to be lightered and each service 
vessel engaged in a lightering operation in the marine environment 
beyond the baseline from which the territorial sea is measured when the 
oil or hazardous material lightered is destined for a port or place 
subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. This subpart does not apply to 
lightering operations involving public vessels, or to the dedicated 
response vessels and vessels of opportunity in accordance with the 
National Contingency Plan (40 CFR parts 9 and 300) when conducting 
response activities. These rules are in addition to the rules of subpart 
A of this part, as well as the rules in the applicable sections of parts 
151, 153, 155, 156, and 157 of this chapter.

[CGD 93-081, 60 FR 45017, Aug. 29, 1995]