---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 155.5060"
title: "33"
number: "155.5060"
heading: "Exercises."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/155.5060"
---

# §155.5060. Exercises.

- (a) **For nontank vessels with an oil capacity of 250 barrels or greater—**
  - (1) A vessel owner or operator required by [§ 155.5035](/cfr/33/155.5035.md) to have a vessel response plan (VRP) must conduct exercises as necessary to ensure that the VRP will function in an emergency. Vessel owners or operators must include both announced and unannounced exercises; and
  - (2) A vessel owner or operator must comply with the VRP exercise requirements of [33 CFR 155.1060](/cfr/33/155.1060.md).
- (b) For nontank vessels with an oil capacity of less than 250 barrels, a vessel owner or operator must comply with the VRP exercise requirements of [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section or the Alternative Training and Exercise Program requirements of [§ 155.5061](/cfr/33/155.5061.md).

## 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.