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Title 33Navigation and Navigable WatersPart / Section
Chapter ICoast Guard, Department of Homeland Security1 – 199
Subchapter OPollution151 – 159
Part 157Rules for the Protection of the Marine Environment Relating to Tank Vessels Carrying Oil in Bulk157.01 – 157.610
Subpart AGeneral157.01 – 157.07
Subpart BDesign, Equipment, and Installation157.08 – 157.24a
Subpart CVessel Operation157.25 – 157.49
Subpart DCrude Oil Washing (COW) System on Tank Vessels157.100 – 157.172
Subpart EDedicated Clean Ballast Tanks on Tank Vessels157.200 – 157.228
Subpart FExemption From § 157.10a or § 157.10c157.300 – 157.310
Subpart GInterim Measures for Certain Tank Vessels Without Double Hulls Carrying Petroleum Oils157.400 – 157.460
Subpart HInterim Measures for Certain Tank Vessels Without Double Hulls Carrying Animal Fat or Vegetable Oil157.500 – 157.510
§ 157.500Purpose and applicability.
§ 157.510Operational measures.
Subpart IInterim Measures for Certain Tank Vessels Without Double Hulls Carrying Other Non-Petroleum Oil157.600 – 157.610
§ 157.600Purpose and applicability.
§ 157.610Operational measures.
Appendix A to Part 157
Damage Assumptions, Hypothetical Outflows, and Cargo Tank Size and Arrangements
Appendix B to Part 157
Subdivision and Stability Assumptions
Appendix C to Part 157
Procedure for Determining Distribution of Segregated Ballast Tanks To Provide Protection Against Oil Outflow in the Event of Grounding, Ramming, or Collision
Appendix D to Part 157
Example of a Procedure for Dedicated Clean Ballast Tanks Operations
Appendix E to Part 157
Specifications for the Design, Installation and Operation of a Part Flow System for Control of Overboard Discharges
Appendix F to Part 157 [Reserved]
Appendix G to Part 157
Timetables for Application of Double Hull Requirements