33 CFR § 126.13 - Designation of waterfront facilities.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s126.13"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 126.13 - Designation of waterfront facilities."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "126.13"
section_name: "Designation of waterfront facilities."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "L"
subchapter_name: "WATERFRONT FACILITIES"
part_number: "126"
part_name: "HANDLING OF DANGEROUS CARGO AT WATERFRONT FACILITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "46 U.S.C. 70034; 49 CFR 1.46."
cfr_part: "126"
---


# 126.13 Designation of waterfront facilities.

(a) Waterfront facilities which fulfill the conditions required in § 126.15, unless waived under provisions of § 126.11, and only such waterfront facilities are designated for the handling, storing, stowing, loading, discharging, or transporting of dangerous cargo, subject to compliance with other applicable requirements and provisions set forth in this part.

(b) Handling, storing, stowing, loading, discharging, or transporting dangerous cargo at any waterfront facility other than one designated by this section is hereby prohibited, and violation of this prohibition will subject the violator to the civil or criminal penalties provided in 46 U.S.C. 70036.

[CGFR 57-52, 22 FR 10302, Dec. 20, 1957, as amended by CGD 78-023, 44 FR 4643, Jan. 22, 1979; USCG-2020-0304, 85 FR 58279, Sept. 18, 2020]