[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: 33CFR155.480]

[Page 400-401]
 
                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. 155.480  Overfill devices.

    (a) For the purposes of this section, ``oil'' has the same 
definition as provided in Sec. 151.05 of this chapter.
    (b) Each tank vessel with a cargo capacity of 1,000 or more cubic 
meters (approximately 6,290 barrels), loading oil or oil residue as 
cargo, must have

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one overfill device that is permanently installed on each cargo tank and 
meets the requirements of this section.
    (1) On a tankship, each cargo tank must be equipped with an overfill 
device (including an independent audible alarm or visible indicator for 
that tank) that meets the requirements for tank overfill alarms under 46 
CFR 39.20-7(b)(2) and (3), and (d)(1) through (d)(4).
    (2) On a tank barge, each cargo tank must be equipped with an 
overfill device that--
    (i) Meets the requirements of 46 CFR 39.20-7(b)(2) and (b)(3) and 
(d)(1) through (d)(4), and 46 CFR 39.20-9(a)(1) through (a)(3);
    (ii) Is an installed automatic shutdown system that meets the 
requirements of 46 CFR 39.20-9(b); or
    (iii) Is an installed high level indicating device that meets the 
requirements of 46 CFR 39.20-3(b)(1), (b)(2), and (b)(3).
    (c) Each cargo tank of a U.S. flag tank vessel must have installed 
on it an overfill device meeting the requirements of this section at the 
next scheduled cargo tank internal examination performed on the vessel 
under 46 CFR 31.10-21.
    (d) Each cargo tank of a foreign flag tank vessel must have 
installed on it an overfill device--
    (1) At the first survey that includes dry docking, as required by 
the vessel's flag administration, to meet the International Convention 
for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, as amended, or the 
International Load Line Convention of 1966; or
    (2) At the first cargo tank internal examination performed on the 
tank vessel under 46 CFR 31.10-21.
    (e) This section does not apply to a tank vessel that does not meet 
the double hull requirements of Sec. 157.10d of this chapter and, under 
46 U.S.C. 3703a(c), may not operate in the navigable waters or Exclusive 
Economic Zone of the United States after January 1, 2000.
    (f) This section does not apply to tank vessels that carry asphalt, 
animal fat, or vegetable oil as their only cargo.

[CGD 90-071a, 59 FR 53290, Oct. 21, 1994, as amended by CGD 90-071a, 62 
FR 48773, Sept. 17, 1997]