33 CFR § 157.28 - Discharges from tank barges exempted from certain design requirements.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s157.28"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 157.28 - Discharges from tank barges exempted from certain design requirements."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "157.28"
section_name: "Discharges from tank barges exempted from certain design requirements."
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: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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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# 157.28 Discharges from tank barges exempted from certain design requirements.
The person in charge of a tank barge exempted under § 157.08(g) from the requirements in §§ 157.11, 157.13, 157.15, and 157.23 shall ensure that while the barge is proceeding en route:
(a) Cargo tanks are not ballasted or washed; and
(b) Oil or oily mixtures are not discharged.
[CGD 74-32, 40 FR 48283, Oct. 14, 1975, as amended by CGD 76-088b, 48 FR 45721, Oct. 6, 1983; CGD 90-051, 57 FR 36244, Aug. 12, 1992]