---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 157.208"
title: "33"
number: "157.208"
heading: "Dedicated Clean Ballast Tanks Operations Manual for foreign tank vessels: Submission."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/157.208"
---

# §157.208. Dedicated Clean Ballast Tanks Operations Manual for foreign tank vessels: Submission.


If the owner or operator of a foreign tank vessel meeting [§ 157.10a(b)](/cfr/33/157.10a.md?p=b), [§ 157.10a(c)(2)](/cfr/33/157.10a.md?p=c-2), [§ 157.10b(a)(2)](/cfr/33/157.10b.md?p=a-2), or [§ 157.10c(c)(2)](/cfr/33/157.10c.md?p=c-2) desires a Coast Guard approved Dedicated Clean Ballast Tanks Operations Manual under [§ 157.210](/cfr/33/157.210.md), the owner or operator must submit two copies of a manual that meets [§ 157.224](/cfr/33/157.224.md) 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.


## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 82-28, 50 FR 11629, 11630, Mar. 22, 1985, as amended by 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 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 82-28, 50 FR 11629, 11630, Mar. 22, 1985, as amended by 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]