[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR401.30]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

CHAPTER IV--SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 401_SEAWAY REGULATIONS AND RULES--Table of Contents

 

                          Subpart A_Regulations

 

Sec.  401.30  Ballast water and trim.



    (a) Every vessel shall be adequately ballasted.

    (b) Every vessel shall be properly trimmed.

    (c) No vessel, other than under exceptional circumstances and with 

special permission, shall be accepted for transit whose trim by the 

stern exceeds 45.7 dm.

    (d) Any vessel that is not adequately ballasted or properly trimmed 

in the opinion of an officer, may be refused transit or may be delayed.

    (e) To obtain clearance to transit the Seaway:

    (1) Every vessel entering the Seaway after operating beyond the 

exclusive economic zone must agree to comply with the ``Code of Best 

Practices for Ballast Water Management'' of the Shipping Federation of 

Canada dated September 28, 2000, while operating anywhere within the 

Great Lakes and the Seaway; and

    (2) Every other vessel entering the Seaway that operates within the 

Great Lakes and the Seaway must agree to comply with the ``Voluntary 

Management Practices to Reduce the Transfer of Aquatic Nuisance Species 

Within the Great Lakes by U.S. and Canadian Domestic Shipping'' of the 

Lake Carriers Association and Canadian Shipowners Association dated 

January 26, 2001, while operating anywhere within the Great Lakes and 

the Seaway. For copies of the ``Code of Best Practices for Ballast Water 

Management'' and of the ``Voluntary Management Practices to Reduce the 

Transfer of Aquatic Nuisance Species Within the Great Lakes by U.S. and 

Canadian Domestic Shipping'' refer to the St. Lawrence Seaway Web site 

at http://www.greatlakes-seaway.com.



[39 FR 10900, Mar. 22, 1974, as amended at 67 FR 8887, Feb. 27, 2002; 70 

FR 12972, Mar. 17, 2005; 71 FR 5606, Feb. 2, 2006]