[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: 33CFR155.470]

[Page 400]
 
                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. 155.470  Prohibited spaces.

    (a) In a ship of 400 gross tons and above, for which the building 
contract is placed after January 1, 1982 or, in the absence of a 
building contract, the keel of which is laid or which is at a similar 
stage of construction after July 1, 1982, oil or hazardous material must 
not be carried in a forepeak tank or a tank forward of the collision 
bulkhead.
    (b) A self-propelled ship of 300 gross tons and above, to which 
paragraph (a) of this section does not apply, may not carry bulk oil or 
hazardous material in any space forward of a collision bulkhead except:
    (1) For a ship constructed after June 30, 1974, fuel oil for use on 
the ship may be carried in tanks forward of a collision bulkhead, if 
such tanks are at least 24 inches inboard of the hull structure; or
    (2) For a ship constructed before July 1, 1974, fuel oil for use on 
the ship may be carried in tanks forward of a collision bulkhead, if 
such tanks were designated, installed, or constructed for fuel oil 
carriage before July 1, 1974.

[CGD 75-124a, 48 FR 45715, Oct. 6, 1983, as amended by CGD 86-034, 55 FR 
36254, Sept. 4, 1990]