---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 157.216"
title: "33"
number: "157.216"
heading: "Required documents: Foreign tank vessels."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/157.216"
---

# §157.216. Required documents: Foreign tank vessels.

- (a) The owner, operator, and master 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) shall ensure that the vessel does not enter the navigable waters of the United States or transfer cargo at a port or place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States unless the vessel has on board—
  - (1) **The <I>Dedicated Clean Ballast Tank Operations Manual</I> that—**
    - (i) Is approved under [§ 157.210](/cfr/33/157.210.md); or
    - (ii) Is certified by the government of the vessel's flag state because it meets the manual standards in Resolution 14 of the MARPOL 73/78; and
  - (2) **Either of the following—**
    - (i) A letter from the government of the vessel's flag state that certifies that the vessel complies with Resolution 14 of the MARPOL 73/78.
    - (ii) The letter of acceptance under [§ 157.204](/cfr/33/157.204.md) and each amending letter issued under [§ 157.218(c)](/cfr/33/157.218.md?p=c).
- (b) On January 1, 1986, or 15 years after the date it was delivered to the original owner or 15 years after the completion of a major conversion, whichever is later, the owner, operator, and master of a foreign tank vessel under [§ 157.10c(c)(2)](/cfr/33/157.10c.md?p=c-2) shall ensure that the vessel does not enter the navigable waters of the United States or transfer cargo at a port or place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States unless the vessel has on board—
  - (1) **The <I>Dedicated Clean Ballast Tank Operations Manual</I> that—**
    - (i) Is approved under [§ 157.210](/cfr/33/157.210.md); or
    - (ii) Bears a certification by an authorized CS or the government of the vessel's flag state that the manual meets [§ 157.224](/cfr/33/157.224.md); and
  - (2) **Either of the following—**
    - (i) A letter from an authorized CS or the government of the vessel's flag state certifying the vessel complies with §§ [157.220](/cfr/33/157.220.md) and [157.222](/cfr/33/157.222.md), and any amending letters issued approviding alterations.
    - (ii) The letter of acceptance under [§ 157.204](/cfr/33/157.204.md) and each amending letter issued under [§ 157.218](/cfr/33/157.218.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 82-28, 50 FR 11629, 11630, Mar. 22, 1985; USCG-2000-7641, 66 FR 55573, Nov. 2, 2001; 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 82-28, 50 FR 11629, 11630, Mar. 22, 1985; USCG-2000-7641, 66 FR 55573, Nov. 2, 2001; USCG-2006-25150, 71 FR 39211, July 12, 2006]