33 CFR § 151.39 - Operating requirements: Category D NLS.

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title: "33 CFR § 151.39 - Operating requirements: Category D NLS."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "151.39"
section_name: "Operating requirements: Category D NLS."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
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part_number: "151"
part_name: "VESSELS CARRYING OIL, NOXIOUS LIQUID SUBSTANCES, GARBAGE, MUNICIPAL OR COMMERCIAL WASTE, AND BALLAST WATER"
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# 151.39 Operating requirements: Category D NLS.

The master or person in charge of an oceangoing ship that carries a Category D NLS listed in § 151.47 shall ensure that the ship is operated as prescribed for the operation of oceangoing ships carrying Category D NLSs in 46 CFR 153.901, 153.909, 153.1100, 153.1104, 153.1106, 153.1124, 153.1126, and 153.1128.

[CGD 85-010, 52 FR 7759, Mar. 12, 1987, as amended by USCG-2008-0179, 73 FR 35014, June 19, 2008]