33 CFR § 158.135 - Which ports and terminals must have Certificates of Adequacy?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s158.135"
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title: "33 CFR § 158.135 - Which ports and terminals must have Certificates of Adequacy?"
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "158.135"
section_name: "Which ports and terminals must have Certificates of Adequacy?"
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"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "33 U.S.C. 1903(b), 1905(c); 49 CFR 1.46."
cfr_part: "158"
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# 158.135 Which ports and terminals must have Certificates of Adequacy?
To continue to receive ships, a port or terminal must hold one or more Certificates of Adequacy to show compliance with—
(a) Subpart B of this part if it receives oceangoing tankers, or any other oceangoing ship of 400 gross tons or more, carrying oily mixtures.
(b) Subpart C of this part if it receives oceangoing ships carrying NLSs.
(c) Subpart D of this part if it receives—
(1) The ships under paragraph (a) or (b) of this section; or
(2) Fishing vessels which offload more than 500,000 pounds of commercial fishery products from all ships during a calendar year.
[CGD 88-002, 54 FR 18408, Apr. 28, 1989, as amended by USCG-2000-7641, 66 FR 55574, Nov. 2, 2001]