33 CFR § 157.206 - Dedicated Clean Ballast Tanks Operations Manual for U.S. tank vessels: Submission.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s157.206"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 157.206 - Dedicated Clean Ballast Tanks Operations Manual for U.S. tank vessels: Submission."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "157.206"
section_name: "Dedicated Clean Ballast Tanks Operations Manual for U.S. tank vessels: Submission."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "O"
subchapter_name: "POLLUTION"
part_number: "157"
part_name: "RULES FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT RELATING TO TANK VESSELS CARRYING OIL IN BULK"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "33 U.S.C. 1903; 46 U.S.C. 3703, 3703a (note); Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1. Subparts G, H, and I are also issued under section 4115(b), Pub. L. 101-380, 104 Stat. 520; Pub. L. 104-55, 109 Stat. 546."
regulatory_source: "CGD 74-32, 40 FR 48283, Oct. 14, 1975, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "157"
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# 157.206 Dedicated Clean Ballast Tanks Operations Manual for U.S. tank vessels: Submission.
The owner or operator of a U.S. tank vessel meeting § 157.10a(b), § 157.10a(c)(2), § 157.10b(a)(2), or § 157.10c(c)(2) must submit two copies of a manual that meets § 157.224 to the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, of the zone in which the dedicated clean ballast tank system is installed or to the appropriate Coast Guard field technical office listed in § 157.200(b).
(Reporting and Recordkeeping requirements approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 1625-0036)
[CGD 82-28, 50 FR 11629, 11630, Mar. 22, 1985, as amended by USCG-2006-25150, 71 FR 39210, July 12, 2006]