---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 151.2055"
title: "33"
number: "151.2055"
heading: "Deviation from planned voyage."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/151.2055"
---

# §151.2055. Deviation from planned voyage.


As long as ballast water exchange (BWE) is an allowable ballast water management option under §§ [151.2025](/cfr/33/151.2025.md) and [151.2035](/cfr/33/151.2035.md) of this subpart, the Coast Guard will not require a vessel to deviate from its voyage or delay the voyage in order to conduct BWE. A vessel may be required to deviate from its voyage or delay the voyage if BWE is directed by a Captain of the Port pursuant to [§ 151.2040(b)](/cfr/33/151.2040.md?p=b) of this subpart.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 4711; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1(II)(57).

### Source

Source: USCG-2001-10486, 77 FR 17306, Mar. 23, 2012, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1902, 1903, 1908; 46 U.S.C. 6101; 46 U.S.C. 70034; Pub. L. 104-227, 110 Stat. 3034; sec. 623, Pub. L. 108-293, 118 Stat. 1063; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.