CFR > Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters > CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER O—POLLUTION (parts 151 to 159) > PART 157—RULES FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT RELATING TO TANK VESSELS CARRYING OIL IN BULK > SUBPART F—Exemption From § 157.10a or § 157.10c (§157.300 to §157.310) > 157.310—Exempted vessels: operations.

157.310—Exempted vessels: operations.

The owner, operator, and master of each vessel that has been granted an exemption under this subpart must ensure that:
(a) The vessel trades only between ports or places within the United States, its territories or possessions;
(b) The vessel loads cargo only at ports or places listed in the exemption;
(c) Except as allowed under § 157.41 (a) and (b) of this part, any ballast water, except segregated ballast discharged in accordance with § 157.43(b) of this part, and any tank washing or oil cargo residues are:
(1) Retained on board; or
(2) Transferred to a shore-based reception facility that is listed in the application for exemption, or in the case of an emergency or a shipyard entry, an alternative acceptable to the cognizant Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection;
(d) The vessel loads only those cargoes listed in the exemption; and
(e) The letter under § 157.306 that grants the exemption is on board the vessel; or
(f) The certificate of inspection bearing the following endorsement is on board the vessel:

Code of Federal Regulations

Exempted under 33 CFR 157.306 from the requirements of ( 33 CFR 157.10a or 157.10c , whichever is appropriate, will be inserted). This vessel may not discharge cargo in any foreign port, nor may it load cargo in a port other than the following: (a list of ports contained in the application that is accepted by the Coast Guard for the exempted vessel will be inserted here).

Code of Federal Regulations

[CGD 79-126, 46 FR 3513, Jan. 15, 1981, as amended by CGD 82-28, 50 FR 11630, Mar. 22, 1985; USCG-2000-7641, 66 FR 55573, Nov. 2, 2001]