§153.491. Waiver of certain equipment for dedicated cargo tanks.
46 C.F.R. § 153.491
The Coast Guard waives §§ 153.440(a)(3), 153.480, 153.481, 153.482, and 153.488 and endorses a ship's Certificate of Inspection or Certificate of Compliance allowing a cargo tank to carry a single, specific NLS cargo and no other cargo if the ship's owner—
Requests a waiver following the procedures in § 153.10; and
Pledges in writing that while any waiver is in effect the cargo tank will—
Carry only the NLS cargo listed on the Certificate of Inspection or Certificate of Compliance;
Carry no cargo other than the NLS; and
Not be washed or ballasted unless the wash water or ballast water is discharged to a reception facility.
The ship's owner requests a waiver following the procedures in § 153.10;
The Coast Guard has issued a waiver to each of the ship's NLS cargo tanks under paragraph (a) of this section; and
The ship's owner adds to the ship's operational manual any provisions for preventing NLS discharge specified by the Commandant (CG-ENG) as a condition for issuing the waiver.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Amendments
[CGD 81-101, 52 FR 7781, Mar. 12, 1987, as amended by CGD 81-101, 53 FR 28975, Aug. 1, 1988 and 54 FR 12629, Mar. 28, 1989]
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.
Amendments
[CGD 81-101, 52 FR 7781, Mar. 12, 1987, as amended by CGD 81-101, 53 FR 28975, Aug. 1, 1988 and 54 FR 12629, Mar. 28, 1989]