[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
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]