---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 157.28"
title: "33"
number: "157.28"
heading: "Discharges from tank barges exempted from certain design requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/157.28"
---

# §157.28. Discharges from tank barges exempted from certain design requirements.


The person in charge of a tank barge exempted under [§ 157.08(g)](/cfr/33/157.08.md?p=g) from the requirements in §§ [157.11](/cfr/33/157.11.md), [157.13](/cfr/33/157.13.md), [157.15](/cfr/33/157.15.md), and [157.23](/cfr/33/157.23.md) shall ensure that while the barge is proceeding en route:

- (a) Cargo tanks are not ballasted or washed; and
- (b) **Oil or oily mixtures are not discharged.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 74-32, 40 FR 48283, Oct. 14, 1975, as amended by CGD 76-088b, 48 FR 45721, Oct. 6, 1983; CGD 90-051, 57 FR 36244, Aug. 12, 1992]

### 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 76-088b, 48 FR 45721, Oct. 6, 1983; CGD 90-051, 57 FR 36244, Aug. 12, 1992]