---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 157.108"
title: "33"
number: "157.108"
heading: "Crude Oil Washing Operations and Equipment Manual for U.S. tank vessels: Submission."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/157.108"
---

# §157.108. Crude Oil Washing Operations and Equipment Manual for U.S. tank vessels: Submission.


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 two copies of a manual that meets [§ 157.138](/cfr/33/157.138.md), to the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, of the zone in which the COW system is installed or to the appropriate Coast Guard field technical office listed in [§ 157.100(b)](/cfr/33/157.100.md?p=b).


## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 82-28, 50 FR 11627, 11630, Mar. 22, 1985, as amended by USCG-2006-25150, 71 FR 39210, July 12, 2006]

### 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 82-28, 50 FR 11627, 11630, Mar. 22, 1985, as amended by USCG-2006-25150, 71 FR 39210, July 12, 2006]