[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: 33CFR157.100]

[Page 472]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 157--RULES FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT RELATING TO 
TANK VESSELS CARRYING OIL IN BULK--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart D--Crude Oil Washing (COW) System on Tank Vessels
 
Sec. 157.100  Plans for U.S. tank vessels: Submission.

    Source: CGD 77-058b, 45 FR 43709, June 30, 1980, unless otherwise 
noted.

                                 General


    (a) Before each U.S. tank vessel having a COW system under Sec. 
157.10(e), Sec. 157.10a(a)(2), or Sec. 157.10c(b)(2) is inspected under 
Sec. 157.140, the owner or operator of that vessel must submit to the 
Coast Guard plans that include--
    (1) A drawing or diagram of the COW pumping and piping system that 
meets 46 CFR 56.01-10(d);
    (2) The design of each COW machine;
    (3) The arrangement, location, and installation of the COW machines; 
and
    (4) Except as allowed in Sec. 157.104, the projected direct 
impingement pattern of crude oil from the nozzles of the COW machines on 
the surfaces of each tank, showing the surface areas not reached by 
direct impingement.
    (b) Plans under paragraph (a) of this section must be submitted to 
the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, of the zone in which the COW 
system is installed or to the Commanding Officer, U.S. Coast Guard 
Marine Safety Center, 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001.

(Reporting and recordkeeping requirements approved by the Office of 
Management and Budget under control number 2115-0520)

[CGD 77-058b, 45 FR 43709, June 30, 1980, as amended by CGD 82-28, 50 FR 
11626 and 11630, Mar. 22, 1985; CDG 85-048a, 51 FR 15481, Apr. 24, 1986; 
USCG-1998-3799, 63 FR 35531, June 30, 1998]