33 CFR § 158.133 - Which ports and terminals must provide reception facilities?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s158.133"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 158.133 - Which ports and terminals must provide reception facilities?"
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "158.133"
section_name: "Which ports and terminals must provide reception facilities?"
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "O"
subchapter_name: "POLLUTION"
part_number: "158"
part_name: "RECEPTION FACILITIES FOR OIL, NOXIOUS LIQUID SUBSTANCES, AND GARBAGE"
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(b), 1905(c); 49 CFR 1.46."
cfr_part: "158"
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# 158.133 Which ports and terminals must provide reception facilities?
(a) A port or terminal which receives oceangoing tankers, or any other oceangoing ship of 400 gross tons or more, carrying oily mixtures, must have a reception facility which meets subpart B of this part.
(b) A port or terminal which receives oceangoing ships carrying NLSs must have a reception facility which meets subpart C of this part.
(c) All ports and terminals under the jurisdiction of the United States, including commercial fishing facilities, mineral and oil shorebases, and recreational boating facilities, must have a reception facility which meets subpart D of this part.
[CGD 88-002, 54 FR 18408, Apr. 28, 1989, as amended by USCG-2000-7641, 66 FR 55574, Nov. 2, 2001]