---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 157.214"
title: "33"
number: "157.214"
heading: "Required documents: U.S. tank vessels."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/157.214"
---

# §157.214. Required documents: U.S. tank vessels.


The owner, operator, and master of a U.S. 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) shall ensure that the vessel does not engage in a voyage unless the vessel has on board—

- (a) The letter under [§ 157.204](/cfr/33/157.204.md) accepting the dedicated clean ballast tank system plans;
- (b) The Coast Guard approved Dedicated Clean Ballast Tanks Operations Manual under [§ 157.210](/cfr/33/157.210.md); and
- (c) Any amending letters issued under [§ 157.218](/cfr/33/157.218.md) approving alterations.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 77-058b, 45 FR 43714, June 30, 1980, as amended by CGD 82-28, 50 FR 11629, 11630, Mar. 22, 1985; USCG-2006-25150, 71 FR 39211, July 12, 2006]

### 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, 11630, Mar. 22, 1985; USCG-2006-25150, 71 FR 39211, July 12, 2006]