---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 158.170"
title: "33"
number: "158.170"
heading: "Grounds for suspension."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/158.170"
---

# §158.170. Grounds for suspension.


The COTP may suspend a Certificate of Adequacy if—

- (a) Deficiencies recur or significantly affect the adequacy of the reception facility;
- (b) Continued operations will result in undue delay to ships calling at the port or terminal;
- (c) There is a failure to accept NLS residue from a ship after it's cargo tanks are prewashed in accordance with [46 CFR 153.1120](/cfr/46/153.1120.md); or
- (d) There is a substantial threat of discharge of oil or NLS into or upon the navigable waters of the United States or adjoining shorelines.

## Notes

### Source

Source: CGD 85-010, 52 FR 7761, Mar. 12, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1903(b), 1905(c); 49 CFR 1.46.