TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

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

PART 401 - SEAWAY REGULATIONS AND RULES

subpart a - REGULATIONS

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. A copy of the Code of the 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 can be found under Navigation, Notice #6, 2002, on 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]