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Title 33

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  1. Title 33 —Navigation and Navigable Waters
  2. Chapter I —Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
  3. Subchapter O —Pollution
  4. Part 155 —Oil or Hazardous Material Pollution Prevention Regulations for Vessels
  5. Subpart B   View Full Text
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Title 33Navigation and Navigable WatersPart / Section
Chapter ICoast Guard, Department of Homeland Security1 – 199
Subchapter OPollution151 – 159
Part 155Oil or Hazardous Material Pollution Prevention Regulations for Vessels155.100 – 155.5075
Subpart BVessel Equipment155.200 – 155.490
§ 155.200Definitions.
§ 155.205Discharge removal equipment for vessels 400 feet or greater in length.
§ 155.210Discharge removal equipment for vessels less than 400 feet in length.
§ 155.215Discharge removal equipment for inland oil barges.
§ 155.220Discharge removal equipment for vessels carrying oil as secondary cargo.
§ 155.225Internal cargo transfer capability.
§ 155.230Emergency control systems for tank barges.
§ 155.235Emergency towing capability for oil tankers.
§ 155.240Damage stability information for oil tankers and offshore oil barges.
§ 155.245Damage stability information for inland oil barges.
§ 155.250Oil fuel tank protection.
§ 155.310Containment of oil and hazardous material cargo discharges.
§ 155.320Fuel oil and bulk lubricating oil discharge containment.
§ 155.330Oily mixture (bilge slops)/fuel oil tank ballast water discharges on U.S. non-oceangoing ships.
§ 155.350Oily mixture (bilge slops)/fuel oil tank ballast water discharges on oceangoing ships of less than 400 gross tons.
§ 155.360Oily mixture (bilge slops) discharges on oceangoing ships of 400 gross tons and above but less than 10,000 gross tons, excluding ships that carry ballast water in their fuel oil tanks.
§ 155.370Oily mixture (bilge slops)/fuel oil tank ballast water discharges on oceangoing ships of 10,000 gross tons and above and oceangoing ships of 400 gross tons and above that carry ballast water in their fuel oil tanks.
§ 155.380Oily water separating equipment and bilge alarm approval standards.
§ 155.400Platform machinery space drainage on oceangoing fixed and floating drilling rigs and other platforms.
§ 155.410Pumping, piping and discharge requirements for non-oceangoing ships of 100 gross tons and above.
§ 155.420Pumping, piping and discharge requirements for oceangoing ships of 100 gross tons and above but less than 400 gross tons.
§ 155.430Standard discharge connections for oceangoing ships of 400 gross tons and above.
§ 155.440Segregation of fuel oil and ballast water on new oceangoing ships of 4,000 gross tons and above, other than oil tankers, and on new oceangoing oil tankers of 150 gross tons and above.
§ 155.450Placard.
§ 155.470Prohibited spaces.
§ 155.480Overfill devices.
§ 155.490 [Reserved]
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