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33 CFR § 159.311 - Safety exception.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s159.311"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 159.311 - Safety exception."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "159.311"
section_name: "Safety exception."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "O"
subchapter_name: "POLLUTION"
part_number: "159"
part_name: "MARINE SANITATION DEVICES"
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. 1322(b)(1); 49 CFR 1.45(b). Subpart E also issued under authority of sec. 1(a)(4), Pub. L. 106-554, 114 Stat. 2763; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4."
regulatory_source: "CGD 73-83, 40 FR 4624, Jan. 30, 1975, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "159"
---

# 159.311 Safety exception.

The regulations in this subpart shall not apply to discharges made for the purpose of securing the safety of the cruise vessel or saving life at sea, provided that all reasonable precautions have been taken for the purpose of preventing or minimizing the discharge.