---identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s155.775"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "33 CFR § 155.775 - Maximum cargo level of oil."title_number: 33title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"section_number: "155.775"section_name: "Maximum cargo level of oil."chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"subchapter_number: "O"subchapter_name: "POLLUTION"part_number: "155"part_name: "OIL OR HAZARDOUS MATERIAL POLLUTION PREVENTION REGULATIONS FOR VESSELS"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-04-05"last_updated: "2026-04-05"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "3 U.S.C. 301 through 303; 33 U.S.C. 1321(j), 1903(b), 2735; 46 U.S.C. 70011; 70034; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4. Section 155.1020 also issued under section 316 of Pub. L. 114-120. Section 155.480 also issued under section 4110(b) of Pub. L. 101-380."cfr_part: "155"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t33/s155.775
Currency
2026-04-05
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-04-05
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Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
Authority
3 U.S.C. 301 through 303; 33 U.S.C. 1321(j), 1903(b), 2735; 46 U.S.C. 70011; 70034; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4. Section 155.1020 ... 3 U.S.C. 301 through 303; 33 U.S.C. 1321(j), 1903(b), 2735; 46 U.S.C. 70011; 70034; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4. Section 155.1020 also issued under section 316 of Pub. L. 114-120. Section 155.480 also issued under section 4110(b) of Pub. L. 101-380.
# 155.775 Maximum cargo level of oil.(a) For the purposes of this section, “oil” has the same meaning as provided in § 151.05 of this chapter.(b) A cargo tank on a tank vessel may not be filled with oil higher than—(1) 98.5 percent of the cargo tank volume; or(2) The level at which the overfill alarm required by § 155.480 is set.[CGD 90-071a, 59 FR 53291, Oct. 21, 1994]