---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 158.310"
title: "33"
number: "158.310"
heading: "Reception facilities: General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/158.310"
---

# §158.310. Reception facilities: General.

- (a) Except as allowed in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, each reception facility, in order to pass the inspection under [§ 158.160](/cfr/33/158.160.md), must—
  - (1) Be a reception facility as defined under [§ 158.120](/cfr/33/158.120.md);
  - (2) Be available at the port or terminal;
  - (3) Meet the requirements of [§ 158.320](/cfr/33/158.320.md);
  - (4) Hold each Federal, State, and local permit and license required by environmental laws and regulations concerning NLS residue;
  - (5) Be capable of receiving NLS residue from an oceangoing ship within 24 hours after notice by that ship of the need for reception facilities; and
  - (6) Be capable of completing the transfer of NLS residue within 10 hours after the transfer of NLS residue begins.
- (b) A reception facility for a ship repair yard does not have to meet the requirements of paragraphs [(a)(5)](#a-5) and [(a)(6)](#a-6) of this section if it is capable of completing transfer of NLS residue from an oceangoing ship before the ship departs from the yard.

## Notes

### Source

Source: CGD 85-010, 52 FR 7764, Mar. 12, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

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