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33 CFR § 157.228 - Isolating Valves: Closed during a voyage.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s157.228"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 157.228 - Isolating Valves: Closed during a voyage."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "157.228"
section_name: "Isolating Valves: Closed during a voyage."
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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# 157.228 Isolating Valves: Closed during a voyage.

(a) The master of each U.S. tank vessel under § 157.10a(b), § 157.10a(c)(2), § 157.10b(a)(2), or § 157.10c(c)(2) shall ensure that the valves under § 157.222(d) remain closed during each voyage.

(b) The master of each foreign tank vessel meeting § 157.10a(b), § 157.10a(c)(2), § 157.10b(a)(2), or § 157.10c(c)(2) shall ensure that the valves under § 157.222(d) remain closed when the vessel is on a voyage in the navigable waters of the United States.

[CGD 82-28, 50 FR 11629, Mar. 22, 1985]