[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: 33CFR155.350]

[Page 397]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 155_OIL OR HAZARDOUS MATERIAL POLLUTION PREVENTION REGULATIONS 
FOR VESSELS--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart B_Vessel Equipment
 
Sec. 155.350  Oily mixture (Bilge slops)/fuel oil tank ballast water 
discharges on oceangoing ships of less than 400 gross tons.

    (a) No person may operate an oceangoing ship of less than 400 gross 
tons, unless it either:
    (1) Has the capacity to retain on board all oily mixtures and is 
equipped to discharge these oily mixtures to a reception facility; or
    (2) Has approved oily-water separating equipment for processing oily 
mixtures from bilges or fuel oil tank ballast and discharges into the 
sea according to Sec. 151.10 of this chapter.
    (b) An oceangoing ship of less than 400 gross tons may retain all 
oily mixtures on board in the ship's bilges. An oil residue (sludge) 
tank is not required.
    (c) This section does not apply to a barge that is not equipped with 
an installed bilge pumping system for discharge into the sea.
    (d) This section does not apply to a fixed or floating drilling rig 
or other platform.

[CGD 75-124a, 48 FR 45715, Oct. 6, 1983, as amended by CGD 88-002, 54 FR 
18407, Apr. 28, 1989; CGD 97-023, 62 FR 33364, June 19, 1997; USCG-1998-
3799, 63 FR 35531, June 30, 1998; USCG-2000-7641, 66 FR 55571, Nov. 2, 
2001]