---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 172.048"
title: "46"
number: "172.048"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/172.048"
---

# §172.048. Definitions.


As used in this subpart—

MARPOL 73/38 means the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating to that Convention.


## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2000-7641, 66 FR 55574, Nov. 2, 2001]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703, 5115; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2.

### Source

Source: CGD 79-023, 48 FR 51040, Nov. 4, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2000-7641, 66 FR 55574, Nov. 2, 2001]