153.491—Waiver of certain equipment for dedicated cargo tanks.
(a)
The Coast Guard waives §§ 153.440(a)(3), 153.480, 153.481, 153.482, and 153.488 and endorses a ship's Certificate of Inspection or Certificate of Compliance allowing a cargo tank to carry a single, specific NLS cargo and no other cargo if the ship's owner—
(iii)
Not be washed or ballasted unless the wash water or ballast water is discharged to a reception facility.
(2)
The Coast Guard has issued a waiver to each of the ship's NLS cargo tanks under paragraph (a) of this section; and
(3)
The ship's owner adds to the ship's operational manual any provisions for preventing NLS discharge specified by the Commandant (CG-522) as a condition for issuing the waiver.
[CGD 81-101, 52 FR 7781, Mar. 12, 1987, as amended by CGD 81-101, 53 FR 28975, Aug. 1, 1988 and 54 FR 12629, Mar. 28, 1989]