33 CFR Part 151

Vessels Carrying Oil, Noxious Liquid Substances, Garbage, Municipal or Commercial Waste and Ballast Water

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Vessel Requirements for Notices of Arrival and Departure, and Automatic Identification System:
Final Rule; Last Revised 01/30/15; Effective Date 03/02/15

Ballast Water Management Reporting and Recordkeeping:
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Last Revised 06/05/13; Effective Date 06/05/13
Final Rule; Last Revised 11/24/15; Effective Date 02/22/16

Standards for Living Organisms in Ship’s Ballast Water Discharged in U.S. Waters:
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Last Revised 03/04/02; Effective Date 03/04/02
Notice; Last Revised 09/26/03; Effective Date 12/26/03
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Last Revised 08/28/09; Effective Date 08/28/09
Final Rule; Last Revised 03/23/12; Effective Date 06/21/12
Final Rule; Correction; Last Revised 06/08/12; Effective Date 06/21/12
Rule; Announcement of Effective Date; Last Revised 06/13/12; Effective Date 06/21/12
Rule; Information Collection Approval; Correction; Last Revised 09/10/12; Effective Date 09/10/12

Navigation and Navigable Waters, and Shipping; Technical, Organizational, and Conforming Amendments:
Final Rule; Last Revised 06/28/19; Effective Date 06/28/19
Final Rule; Last Revised 09/18/20; Effective Date 09/18/20
Final Rule; Last Revised 01/21/22; Effective Date 01/21/22
Final Rule; Last Revised 04/03/24; Effective Date 04/03/24

Navigation and Navigable Waters; Technical, Organizational and Conforming Amendments:
Final Rule; Corrections; Last Revised 06/18/02; Effective Date 06/01/02
Final Rule; Revisions; Last Revised 06/25/03; Effective Date 06/30/03
Final Rule: Technical Amendments; Last Revised 06/23/05; Effective Date 06/23/05
Final Rule; Technical Amendments; Last Revised 05/17/07; Effective Date 05/17/07
Final Rule; Technical Amendments; Last Revised 06/19/08; Effective Date 06/19/08
Final Rule; Technical Amendments; Last Revised 06/25/10; Effective Date 06/25/10
Final Rule; Technical Amendments; Last Revised 06/02/11; Effective Date 06/02/11
Final Rule; Technical Amendments; Last Revised 07/01/13; Effective Date 07/01/13
Final Rule; Technical Amendments; Last Revised 07/07/14; Effective Date 07/07/14
Final Rule; Technical Amendments; Last Revised 07/28/14; Effective Date 07/28/14
Final Rule; Technical Amendments; Last Revised 07/27/15; Effective Date 07/27/15
Final Rule; Technical Amendments; Last Revised 07/28/17; Effective Date 07/28/17

Penalties for Non-Submission of Ballast Water Management Reports:
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Last Revised 01/06/03; Effective Date 01/06/03
Final Rule; Revisions; Last Revised 06/14/04; Effective Date 08/13/04
Final Rule; Correction; Last Revised 07/07/04; Effective Date 07/07/04

Mandatory Ballast Water Management Program for U.S. Waters:
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Last Revised 07/30/03; Effective Date 07/30/03
Final Rule; Last Revised 07/28/04; Effective Date 09/27/04
Final Rule; Correcting Amendments; Last Revised 10/08/04; Effective Date 07/28/04

Approval for Experimental Shipboard Installations of Ballast Water Treatment Systems:
Notice of Withdrawal; Last Revised 01/07/04; Effective Date 01/07/04
Notice of Correction; Last Revised 08/25/04; Effective Date 07/28/04

Dry Cargo Residue Discharges in the Great Lakes:
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Last Revised 12/27/04
Interim Rule; Request for Comments; Last Revised 09/29/08; Effective Date 09/29/08

Reporting Marine Casualties:
Final Rule; Last Revised 12/16/05; Effective Date 01/17/06

Potential Revision of Mandatory Ballast Water Management Reporting Requirements:
Notice; request for public comments; Last Revised 11/08/06

Coast Guard Sector, Marine Inspection Zone, and Captain of the Port Zone Structure; Technical Amendment; Final Rule:
Final Rule; Technical Amendment; Last Revised 07/02/07; Effective Date 07/02/07

Nontank Vessel Response Plans and Other Vessel Response Plan Requirements:
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Last Revised 08/31/09; Effective Date 08/31/09
Final Rule; Last Revised 09/30/13; Effective Date 10/30/13

MARPOL Annex I Amendments:
Final Rule; Last Revised 02/04/15; Effective Date 05/05/15