33 C.F.R. § 157.156 COW operations: Meeting manual requirements.
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
Except as allowed in §157.158, the master of a foreign tank vessel having a COW system under §§157.10(e), 157.10a(a)(2), or 157.10c(b)(2) that has the Crude Oil Washing Operations and Equipment Manual approved under §157.112 and is operating in the navigable waters of the United States or transferring cargo at a port or place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and the master of a U.S. tank vessel having a COW system under §157.10(e), §157.10a(a)(2), or §157.10c(b)(2) shall ensure that during each COW operation— (a) The procedures listed in the Crude Oil Washing Operations and Equipment Manual are followed; and (b) The characteristics recorded in the Crude Oil Washing Operations and Equipment Manual under §157.150(b) are met. [CGD 77–058b, 45 FR 43709, June 30, 1980, as amended by CGD 82–28, 50 FR 11628, Mar. 22, 1985]
Title 33: Navigation and Navigable Waters
PART 157—RULES FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT RELATING TO TANK VESSELS CARRYING OIL IN BULK
Subpart D—Crude Oil Washing (COW) System on Tank Vessels
COW Operations
§ 157.156 COW operations: Meeting manual requirements.
