---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 158.200"
title: "33"
number: "158.200"
heading: "General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/158.200"
---

# §158.200. General.

- (a) Except as allowed in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, the facility used to meet Regulation 12 of Annex I to MARPOL 73/78 must—
  - (1) Be a reception facility as defined under [§ 158.120](/cfr/33/158.120.md) that is available at the port or terminal;
  - (2) Hold each Federal, State, and local permit and license required by environmental laws and regulations concerning oily mixtures; and
  - (3) **Be capable of—**
    - (i) Receiving oily mixtures from oceangoing ships within 24 hours after notice by that ship;
    - (ii) Completing the reception of ballast water containing oily mixtures from the ship in less than 10 hours after waste transfer operations begin; and
    - (iii) Completing the reception of other oily mixtures in less than 4 hours after the transfer operation begins.
- (b) Reception facilities for ship repair yards do not have to meet [paragraphs (a)(3)(i) through (a)(3)(iii)](#a-3-i..a-3-iii) of this section, but must be capable of completing transfer of oily mixtures from each oceangoing ship before the ship departs from the ship repair yard.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 78-035, 50 FR 36793, Sept. 9, 1985, as amended by CGD 85-010, 52 FR 7764, Mar. 12, 1987; USCG-2000-7641, 66 FR 55574, Nov. 2, 2001]

### Source

Source: CGD 78-035, 50 FR 36793, Sept. 9, 1985, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

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

### Amendments

[CGD 78-035, 50 FR 36793, Sept. 9, 1985, as amended by CGD 85-010, 52 FR 7764, Mar. 12, 1987; USCG-2000-7641, 66 FR 55574, Nov. 2, 2001]