---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 155.5012"
title: "33"
number: "155.5012"
heading: "Deviation from response plan."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/155.5012"
---

# §155.5012. Deviation from response plan.


The owner or operator of a nontank vessel required to have a vessel response plan (VRP) under this subpart may not deviate from the approved VRP unless the President or Federal On-Scene Coordinator determines that the deviation from the VRP would provide for a more expeditious or effective response to the spill or mitigation of its environmental effects.


## Notes

### Source

Source: USCG-2009-1070, 78 FR 60124, Sept. 30, 2013, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 3 U.S.C. 301 through 303; 33 U.S.C. 1321(j), 1903(b), 2735; 46 U.S.C. 70011; 70034; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4. Section 155.1020 also issued under section 316 of Pub. L. 114-120. Section 155.480 also issued under section 4110(b) of Pub. L. 101-380.