---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 157.100"
title: "33"
number: "157.100"
heading: "Plans for U.S. tank vessels: Submission."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/157.100"
---

# §157.100. Plans for U.S. tank vessels: Submission.

- (a) Before each U.S. tank vessel having a COW system under [§ 157.10(e)](/cfr/33/157.10.md?p=e), [§ 157.10a(a)(2)](/cfr/33/157.10a.md?p=a-2), or [§ 157.10c(b)(2)](/cfr/33/157.10c.md?p=b-2) is inspected under [§ 157.140](/cfr/33/157.140.md), the owner or operator of that vessel must submit to the Coast Guard plans that include—
  - (1) A drawing or diagram of the COW pumping and piping system that meets [46 CFR 56.01-10(d)](/cfr/46/56.01-10.md?p=d);
  - (2) The design of each COW machine;
  - (3) The arrangement, location, and installation of the COW machines; and
  - (4) Except as allowed in [§ 157.104](/cfr/33/157.104.md), the projected direct impingement pattern of crude oil from the nozzles of the COW machines on the surfaces of each tank, showing the surface areas not reached by direct impingement.
- (b) Plans under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section must be submitted to the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, of the zone in which the COW system is installed or to the Commanding Officer (MSC), Attn: Marine Safety Center, U.S. Coast Guard Stop 7430, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20593-7430.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 77-058b, 45 FR 43709, June 30, 1980, as amended by CGD 82-28, 50 FR 11626, 11630, Mar. 22, 1985; CDG 85-048a, 51 FR 15481, Apr. 24, 1986; USCG-1998-3799, 63 FR 35531, June 30, 1998; USCG-2006-25150, 71 FR 39210, July 12, 2006; USCG-2008-0179, 73 FR 35015, June 19, 2008; USCG-2010-0351, 75 FR 36286, June 25, 2010; USCG-2014-0410, 79 FR 38438, July 7, 2014; USCG-2016-0498, 82 FR 35083, July 28, 2017]

### Source

Source: CGD 77-058b, 45 FR 43709, June 30, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1903; 46 U.S.C. 3703, 3703a (note); Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1. Subparts G, H, and I are also issued under section 4115(b), Pub. L. 101-380, 104 Stat. 520; Pub. L. 104-55, 109 Stat. 546.

### Source

Source: CGD 74-32, 40 FR 48283, Oct. 14, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 77-058b, 45 FR 43709, June 30, 1980, as amended by CGD 82-28, 50 FR 11626, 11630, Mar. 22, 1985; CDG 85-048a, 51 FR 15481, Apr. 24, 1986; USCG-1998-3799, 63 FR 35531, June 30, 1998; USCG-2006-25150, 71 FR 39210, July 12, 2006; USCG-2008-0179, 73 FR 35015, June 19, 2008; USCG-2010-0351, 75 FR 36286, June 25, 2010; USCG-2014-0410, 79 FR 38438, July 7, 2014; USCG-2016-0498, 82 FR 35083, July 28, 2017]