---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 98.31-15"
title: "46"
number: "98.31-15"
heading: "Operating requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/98.31-15"
---

# §98.31-15. Operating requirements.


No person may operate a vessel that carries a bulk liquid cargo of NLS unless the vessel—

- (a) Has on board a Certificate of Inspection and, if it is a vessel making a foreign voyage, an NLS Certificate endorsed under [§ 98.31-10](/cfr/46/98.31-10.md) with the name of the NLS cargo;
- (b) **Discharges no NLS residues to the sea unless the vessel meets—**
  - (1) The equipment requirements in [§ 98.31-10(a)(2)](/cfr/46/98.31-10.md?p=a-2); and
  - (2) The operating requirements prescribed for oceangoing ships carrying NLSs in §§ [153.901](/cfr/46/153.901.md), [153.903](/cfr/46/153.903.md), [153.909](/cfr/46/153.909.md), and [153.1100 through 153.1132](/cfr/46/153.1100..153.1132.md) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Source

Source: CGD 82-004 and CGD 86-074, 62 FR 49321, Sept. 19, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1903; 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3307, 3703; 49 U.S.C. App. 1804; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 17022, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.