---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 158.320"
title: "33"
number: "158.320"
heading: "Reception facilities: Capacity, and exceptions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/158.320"
---

# §158.320. Reception facilities: Capacity, and exceptions.

- (a) Except as allowed in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, each day the port or terminal is in operation, the port or terminal must have a reception facility that is capable of receiving—
  - (1) 75 cubic meters (19,810 gallons) of NLS residue for each regulated NLS cargo that is a solidifying Category A NLS; or
  - (2) 50 cubic meters (13,210 gallons) of NLS residue for each regulated NLS cargo that is not a solidifying Category A.
- (b) The port or terminal need only meet [§ 158.330](/cfr/33/158.330.md) if it is used by ships that only transfer Category B or C NLS cargoes that are not high viscosity or solidifying Category B or C NLSs.
- (c) For each category of NLS cargo carried on a ship, each day a ship repair yard is in operation and being used by a ship that must discharge NLS residue in order to proceed with repair work, the ship repair yard must have a reception facility that is capable of receiving—
  - (1) 50 cubic meters (13,210 gallons) of NLS residue that contains a—
    - (i) Category A NLS that is not a solidifying NLS;
    - (ii) Category B NLS; or
    - (iii) Category C NLS; or
    - (iv) Category D NLS; or
  - (2) 75 cubic meters (19,810 gallons) of NLS residue that contains a Category A NLS that is a solidifying NLS cargo.

## 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.