---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 155.5061"
title: "33"
number: "155.5061"
heading: "Alternative Training and Exercise Program."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/155.5061"
---

# §155.5061. Alternative Training and Exercise Program.

- (a) Owners or operators of nontank vessels with an oil capacity of less than 250 barrels, in lieu of the training and exercise requirements of §§ [155.5055](/cfr/33/155.5055.md) and [155.5060](/cfr/33/155.5060.md), may meet an Alternative Training and Exercise Program that has been approved by the (CG-MER), Office of Marine Environmental Response Policy for meeting the requirements of this section.
- (b) Vessel owners or operators must make available to the Coast Guard, upon request, any information related to implementation of an approved Alternative Training and Exercise Program.
- (c) For approval of an Alternative Training and Exercise Program the vessel owners or operators must submit to the Commandant (CG-MER) for review and approval: The Alternative Training and Exercise Program and the following information to assess the adequacy of the proposed Alternative Training and Exercise Program—
  - (1) A list of the vessels to which the Alternative Training and Exercise Program is intended to apply;
  - (2) An explanation of how the Alternative Training and Exercise Program addresses the requirements of 33 CFR [155.1055(b) through (f)](/cfr/33/155.1055.md?p=b..f) and [33](/cfr/33/33.md) CFR 155.1060; and
  - (3) An explanation of how vessel owners or operators must implement the Alternative Training and Exercise Program in its entirety, including performing verification of implementation.
- (d) Amendments to the Alternative Training and Exercise Program approved under this section may be initiated by the submitter of an Alternative Training and Exercise Program.
- (e) Approval of the Alternative Training and Exercise Program is required before a vessel may receive a nontank vessel response plan approval letter.
- (f) The Commandant (CG-MER) will examine each submission for compliance with this section and—
  - (1) If the submission meets all the requirements, the Coast Guard will consider the training and exercise program requirements under this section to be satisfactory; or
  - (2) If the Coast Guard determines that the submission does not meet all of the requirements, the submitter will be notified of the deficiencies. The submitter may then resubmit a revised request within the time period specified.

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-1998-3417, 73 FR 80649, Dec. 31, 2008, as amended by USCG-2016-0498, 82 FR 35082, July 28, 2017]

### 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.

### Amendments

[USCG-1998-3417, 73 FR 80649, Dec. 31, 2008, as amended by USCG-2016-0498, 82 FR 35082, July 28, 2017]