---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 157.33"
title: "33"
number: "157.33"
heading: "Water ballast in fuel oil tanks."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/157.33"
---

# §157.33. Water ballast in fuel oil tanks.


A new vessel may not carry ballast water in a fuel oil tank.


## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 74-32, 40 FR 48283, Oct. 14, 1975, as amended by USCG-2000-7641, 66 FR 55573, Nov. 2, 2001]

### 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 USCG-2000-7641, 66 FR 55573, Nov. 2, 2001]