[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: 33CFR159.16]

[Page 524]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 159--MARINE SANITATION DEVICES--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart B--Certification Procedures
 
Sec. 159.16  Authorization to label devices.

    (a) When a test device is certified under Sec. 159.15(b), the Coast 
Guard will issue a letter that authorizes the manufacturer to label each 
device that he manufactures with the manufacturer's certification that 
the device is in all material respects substantially the same as a test 
device certified by the U.S. Coast Guard pursuant to section 312 of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972.
    (b) Certification placed on a device by its manufacturer under this 
section is the certification required by section 312(h)(4) of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, which makes it 
unlawful for a vessel that is subject to the standards and regulations 
promulgated under the Act to operate on the navigable waters of the 
United States, if such vessel is not equipped with an operable marine 
sanitation device certified pursuant to section 312 of the Act.
    (c) Letters of authorization issued under this section are valid for 
5 years, unless sooner suspended, withdrawn, or terminated and may be 
reissued upon written request of the manufacturer to whom the letter was 
issued.
    (d) The Coast Guard, in accordance with the procedure in 46 CFR 
2.75, may suspend, withdraw, or terminate any letter of authorization 
issued under this section if the Coast Guard finds that the manufacturer 
is engaged in the manufacture of devices labeled under this part that 
are not in all material respects substantially the same as a test device 
certified pursuant to this part.