CFR > Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters > CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER O—POLLUTION (parts 151 to 159) > PART 151—VESSELS CARRYING OIL, NOXIOUS LIQUID SUBSTANCES, GARBAGE, MUNICIPAL OR COMMERCIAL WASTE, AND BALLAST WATER > SUBPART D—Ballast Water Management for Control of Nonindigenous Species in Waters of the United States (§151.2000 to §151.2065) > 151.2010—Which vessels are exempt from the mandatory requirements?

151.2010—Which vessels are exempt from the mandatory requirements?

(a) Two types of vessels are exempt from the requirements in §§ 151.2035, 151.2040, and 151.2045 :
(1) A crude oil tanker engaged in the coastwise trade.
(2) A Department of Defense or Coast Guard vessel subject to the requirements of section 1103 of the Act, or any vessel of the Armed Forces, as defined in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1322(a)) that is subject to the “Uniform National Discharge Standards for Vessels of the Armed Forces” (33 U.S.C. 1322(n) ).
(b) One type of vessel is exempt from the requirements in §§ 151.2040 and 151.2045 :
(1) A vessel that operates exclusively within one Captain of the Port (COTP) Zone.
(2) [Reserved]

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