---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 153.903"
title: "46"
number: "153.903"
heading: "Operating a United States ship in special areas: Categories A, B, and C."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/153.903"
---

# §153.903. Operating a United States ship in special areas: Categories A, B, and C.


No person may operate a United States ship that carries an NLS or NLS residue in a special area unless—

- (a) The ship's Certificate of Inspection is endorsed in accordance with [§ 153.30](/cfr/46/153.30.md); and
- (b) The ship meets the operating requirements applying to special areas in Regulations 5, 5A, 8 and the Standards for Procedures and Arrangements of Annex II.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 81-101, 52 FR 7784, Mar. 12, 1987]

### 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 7784, Mar. 12, 1987]