---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 157.300"
title: "33"
number: "157.300"
heading: "Qualifications for exemptions under this part."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/157.300"
---

# §157.300. Qualifications for exemptions under this part.

- (a) Each vessel under [§ 157.10a](/cfr/33/157.10a.md) or [§ 157.10c](/cfr/33/157.10c.md) of this part may qualify for an exemption from the requirements of [§ 157.10a](/cfr/33/157.10a.md) or [§ 157.10c](/cfr/33/157.10c.md) of this part if—
  - (1) The vessel loads and discharges cargo only at ports or places within the United States, its territories, or its possessions; and
  - (2) The application for exemption meets [§ 157.302](/cfr/33/157.302.md).
- (b) Except where the owner can show good cause, a vessel is not granted an exemption under this subpart if a previous exemption for the vessel has been revoked by the Coast Guard under [§ 157.308(a)(1)](/cfr/33/157.308.md?p=a-1) or [§ 157.308 (a)(2)](/cfr/33/157.308.md?p=a-2).

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 79-126, 46 FR 3513, Jan. 15, 1981, as amended by CGD 82-28, 50 FR 11630, Mar. 22, 1985]

### Source

Source: CGD 79-126, 46 FR 3513, Jan. 15, 1981, 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 79-126, 46 FR 3513, Jan. 15, 1981, as amended by CGD 82-28, 50 FR 11630, Mar. 22, 1985]