33 CFR § 158.300 - Purpose.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s158.300"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 158.300 - Purpose."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "158.300"
section_name: "Purpose."
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"
---


# 158.300 Purpose.

The purpose of this subpart is to supply the criteria needed for ports and terminals under § 158.110 used by oceangoing ships carrying NLS cargo or NLS residue to meet Regulation 7 of Annex II to MARPOL 73/78.