---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 157.202"
title: "33"
number: "157.202"
heading: "Plans and documents for foreign tank vessels: Submission."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/157.202"
---

# §157.202. Plans and documents for foreign tank vessels: Submission.


The owner or operator of a foreign tank vessel under [§ 150.10a(b)](/cfr/33/150.10a.md?p=b), [§ 157.10a(c)(2)](/cfr/33/157.10a.md?p=c-2), or [§ 157.10b(a)(2)](/cfr/33/157.10b.md?p=a-2) who desires the letter from the Coast Guard under [§ 157.204](/cfr/33/157.204.md) accepting the plans submitted under this paragraph, and the owner or operator of a foreign tank vessel under [§ 150.10c(c)(2)](/cfr/33/150.10c.md?p=c-2) 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—

- (a) **Plans that include—**
  - (1) The dedicated clean ballast tank arrangement; and
  - (2) A drawing or diagram of the pumping and piping system for the dedicated clean ballast tanks; and
- (b) Documentation from the authority that assigned the load line to the tank vessel that states that the location of the dedicated clean ballast tanks is acceptable to that authority.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 77-058b, 45 FR 43714, June 30, 1980, as amended by CGD 82-28, 50 FR 11629, Mar. 22, 1985; CGD 88-052, 53 FR 25122, July 1, 1988; CGD 96-026, 61 FR 33668, June 28, 1996; USCG-2014-0410, 79 FR 38438, July 7, 2014]

### Source

Source: CGD 77-058b, 45 FR 43714, 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 43714, June 30, 1980, as amended by CGD 82-28, 50 FR 11629, Mar. 22, 1985; CGD 88-052, 53 FR 25122, July 1, 1988; CGD 96-026, 61 FR 33668, June 28, 1996; USCG-2014-0410, 79 FR 38438, July 7, 2014]