---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 157.102"
title: "33"
number: "157.102"
heading: "Plans for foreign tank vessels: Submission."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/157.102"
---

# §157.102. Plans for foreign tank vessels: Submission.


If the owner or operator of a foreign 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), desires the letter from the Coast Guard under [§ 157.106](/cfr/33/157.106.md) accepting the plans submitted under this paragraph, the owner or operator must submit to the Commandant (CG-CVC), Attn: Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance, U.S. Coast Guard Stop 7501, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20593-7501, plans that include—

- (a) 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);
- (b) The design of each COW machine;
- (c) The arrangement, location, and installation of the COW machines; and
- (d) 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.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 77-058b, 45 FR 43709, June 30, 1980, as amended by CGD 82-28, 50 FR 11627, 11630, Mar. 22, 1985; CGD 88-052, 53 FR 25122, July 1, 1988; CGD 96-026, 61 FR 33668, June 28, 1996; USCG-2006-25150, 71 FR 39210, July 12, 2006; USCG-2010-0351, 75 FR 36286, June 25, 2010; USCG-2014-0410, 79 FR 38438, July 7, 2014]

### 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 11627, 11630, Mar. 22, 1985; CGD 88-052, 53 FR 25122, July 1, 1988; CGD 96-026, 61 FR 33668, June 28, 1996; USCG-2006-25150, 71 FR 39210, July 12, 2006; USCG-2010-0351, 75 FR 36286, June 25, 2010; USCG-2014-0410, 79 FR 38438, July 7, 2014]