33 CFR 155.330
§ 155.330 Oily mixture (bilge slops)/fuel oil tank ballast water discharges on U.S. non-oceangoing ships.
United States · 33 CFR — Navigation and Navigable Waters · Status: effective
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- 33 CFR 155.330, § 155.330 Oily mixture (bilge slops)/fuel oil tank ballast water discharges on U.S. non-oceangoing ships, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/152116
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(a) No person may operate a U.S. non-oceangoing ship in the navigable waters of the United States, unless it has the capacity to retain on board all oily mixtures and is equipped to discharge these oily mixtures to a reception facility.
(b) A U.S. non-oceangoing ship may retain all oily mixtures on board in the ship's bilges. An oil residue (sludge) tank is not required.
(c) This section does not apply to a fixed or floating drilling rig or other platform.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.