[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR151.37]

[Page 281]
 
                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. 151.37  Obtaining an Attachment for NLSs to the IOPP Certificate 
and obtaining an NLS Certificate.

    (a) The Coast Guard or a classification society authorized under 46 
CFR part 8 issues an Attachment for NLSs to the IOPP Certificate to an 
oceangoing ship to allow the carriage of a Category C oil-like NLS or a 
Category D oil-like NLS if the following requirements are met:
    (1) Except for ships that are not configured and are not equipped to 
ballast or wash cargo tanks while proceeding en route, the ship must 
have a Coast Guard approved monitor under Sec. 157.12 that is approved 
for the cargoes that are desired to be carried.
    (2) Except as required by paragraph (a)(3), ships of 150 meters or 
less in length carrying a Category C oil-like NLS must meet the damage 
stability requirements applying to a Type III hull as provided by 
Regulation 14 (c) of Annex II.
    (3) A U.S. self propelled ship of 150 meters or less in length on a 
coastwise voyage carrying a Category C oil-like NLS must meet the damage 
stability requirements applying to a Type III hull as provided by 46 CFR 
part 172, subpart F except Sec. Sec. 172.130 and 172.133.
    (b) Except as allowed in paragraph (c) of this section, the Coast 
Guard or a classification society authorized under 46 CFR part 8 issues 
an NLS Certificate endorsed to allow the oceangoing ship engaged in a 
foreign voyage to carry a Category D NLS listed in Sec. 151.47 if the 
ship has--
    (1) An approved Procedures and Arrangements Manual and Cargo Record 
Book, both meeting the requirements in 46 CFR 153.490; and
    (2) A residue discharge system meeting 46 CFR 153.470, unless the 
approved Procedures and Arrangements Manual limits discharge of Category 
D NLS residue to the alternative provided by 46 CFR 153.1128(b).
    (c) The Coast Guard or a classification society authorized under 46 
CFR part 8 issues a NLS Certificate with the statement that the vessel 
is prohibited from discharging NLS residues to the sea if the vessel 
does not meet 46 CFR 153.470 and 153.490 but meets 46 CFR subpart 98.31.

[CGD 75-124a, 48 FR 45709, Oct. 6, 1983, as amended by CGD 95-010, 62 FR 
67532, Dec. 24, 1997]