33 C.F.R. § 157.24a Submission of Calculations, Plans, and Specifications For Existing Vessels Installing Segregated Ballast Tanks
Library | Code of Federal Regulations |
Edition | 2023 |
Currency | Current through December 31, 2023 |
Citation | 33 C.F.R. § 157.24a |
Year | 2023 |
(a) Before modifications are made to a U.S. tank vessel to meet §157.10a(a)(1), §157.10a(c)(1), §157.10c(b)(1), or §157.10c(c)(1), the vessel's owner or operator must submit the following to the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, of the zone where the modification will be made or to the appropriate Coast Guard technical office listed in 157.100(b):
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(1) A drawing or diagram of the pumping and
piping system for the segregated ballast tanks.
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(2) A drawing of the segregated ballast tank
arrangement.
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(3) Documentation
calculations, or revised stability information to show that the vessel, with
the addition of the segregated ballast tanks, meets the stability standards for
load line assignment in 46 CFR Part 42.
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(4) Documentation, calculations, or a revised
loading manual to show that the vessel, with the addition of the segregated
ballast tanks, meets the structural standards in 46 CFR Part 32.
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(5) Plans and calculations to show that the
vessel, as modified, complies with the segregated ballast capacity and
distribution requirements in §157.10a.
(b) Before each foreign vessel under §157.10a(a)(1) or §157.10a(c)(1) enters the navigable waters of the United States, the owner or operator of that vessel must-
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(1) Submit to the Commandant (CG-CVC), Attn
Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance, U.S. Coast Guard Stop 7501, 2703 Martin
Luther King Jr. Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20593-7501-
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(2) Submit to the Officer in Charge, Marine
Inspection, of the zone in which the first U.S. port call is made, a letter or
document from the government of vessel's flag state certifying that the vessel
complies with the segregated ballast capacity requirements in §157.09(b)
or Regulation 13 of the MARPOL 73/78.
(c) On January 1, 1986, or 15 years after the date it was delivered to the original owner, or 15 years after the completion of a major conversion, whichever is later, before that vessel enters the navigable waters of...
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