[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: 33CFR157.102]

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                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. 157.102  Plans for foreign tank vessels: Submission.

    If the owner or operator of a foreign tank vessel having a COW 
system under Sec. 157.10(e), Sec. 157.10a(a)(2), or Sec. 157.10c(b)(2), 
desires the letter from the Coast Guard under Sec. 157.106 accepting the 
plans submitted under this paragraph, the owner or operator must submit 
to the Commandant (G-MOC), U.S. Coast Guard, Washington, DC 20593-0001, 
plans that include--

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    (a) A drawing or diagram of the COW pumping and piping system that 
meets 46 CFR 56.01-10(d);
    (b) The design of each COW machine;
    (c) The arrangement, location, and installation of the COW machines; 
and
    (d) 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.

(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 
11627 and 11630, Mar. 22, 1985; CGD 88-052, 53 FR 25122, July 1, 1988; 
CGD 96-026, 61 FR 33668, June 28, 1996]