---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 153.482"
title: "46"
number: "153.482"
heading: "Stripping quantities and interim standards for Category C NLS tanks on ships built before July 1, 1986: Category C."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/153.482"
---

# §153.482. Stripping quantities and interim standards for Category C NLS tanks on ships built before July 1, 1986: Category C.


Unless waived under [§ 153.483](/cfr/46/153.483.md) or [§ 153.491](/cfr/46/153.491.md), each Category C NLS cargo tank on ships built before July 1, 1986 must meet the following:

- (a) Unless the tank meets the interim standard provided by [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, the tank must have a stripping quantity determined under 153.1604 that is less than 0.95 m 3.
- (b) Before October 3, 1994, the tank may have a total NLS residue determined under [§ 153.1608](/cfr/46/153.1608.md) that is less than 3.0 m 3 or 1/1000th of the tank's capacity.

## Notes

### Source

Source: Sections 153.470 through 153.491 appear at CGD 81-101, 52 FR 7781, Mar. 12, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3703; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1. Section 153.40 issued under 49 U.S.C. 5103. Sections 153.470 through 153.491, 153.1100 through 153.1132, and 153.1600 through 153.1608 also issued under 33 U.S.C. 1903 (b).

### Source

Source: CGD 73-96, 42 FR 49027, Sept. 26, 1977, unless otherwise noted.