---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 157.17"
title: "33"
number: "157.17"
heading: "Oil residue (sludge) tank."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/157.17"
---

# §157.17. Oil residue (sludge) tank.

- (a) A tank vessel of 400 gross tons or more must have a tank that receives and holds oil residue resulting from purification of fuel and lubricating oil and from oil leakages in machinery spaces.
- (b) Each oil residue (sludge) tank required in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section must have an adequate capacity that is determined by the:
  - (1) Type of machinery installed on the vessel; and
  - (2) **Maximum fuel oil capacity.**
- (c) Each oil residue (sludge) tank on a new vessel must be designed to facilitate:
  - (1) Cleaning; and
  - (2) **Discharging to a reception facility.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 74-32, 40 FR 48283, Oct. 14, 1975, as amended by CGD 80-78, 45 FR 43704, June 30, 1980; USCG-2000-7641, 66 FR 55573, Nov. 2, 2001]

### 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 74-32, 40 FR 48283, Oct. 14, 1975, as amended by CGD 80-78, 45 FR 43704, June 30, 1980; USCG-2000-7641, 66 FR 55573, Nov. 2, 2001]