[Title 33 CFR 151.2041]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - July 1, 2005 Edition]
[Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS]
[Chapter I - COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)]
[Subchapter O - POLLUTION]
[Part 151 - VESSELS CARRYING OIL, NOXIOUS LIQUID SUBSTANCES, GARBAGE,]
[Subpart D - Ballast Water Management for Control of Nonindigenous Species]
[Sec. 151.2041 - What are the mandatory ballast water reporting requirements]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]


33NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS22005-07-012005-07-01false151.2041Sec. 151.2041NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERSCOAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)POLLUTIONVESSELS CARRYING OIL, NOXIOUS LIQUID SUBSTANCES, GARBAGE,Ballast Water Management for Control of Nonindigenous Species
Sec. 151.2041  What are the mandatory ballast water reporting requirements 

for all vessels equipped with ballast tanks bound for ports or places of 
the United 
          States?

    (a) Ballast water reporting requirements exist for each vessel bound 
for ports or places of the United States regardless of whether a vessel 
operated outside of the EEZ (which includes the equivalent zone of 
Canada), unless exempted in Sec. Sec. 151.2010 or 151.2015.
    (b) The master, owner, operator, agent, or person-in-charge of a 
vessel to whom this section applies must provide the information 
required by Sec. 151.2045 in electronic or written form (OMB form 
Control No. 1625-0069) to the Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard or the 
appropriate COTP as follows:
    (1) For any vessel bound for the Great Lakes from outside the EEZ 
(which includes the equivalent zone of Canada).
    (i) You must fax the required information at least 24 hours before 
the vessel arrives in Montreal, Quebec to either the USCG COTP Buffalo, 
Massena Detachment (315-769-5032), or the St. Lawrence Seaway 
Development Corporation (315-764-3250); or
    (ii) If you are not a U.S. or Canadian Flag vessel, you may complete 
the ballast water information section of the St. Lawrence Seaway 
required ``Pre-entry Information from Foreign Flagged Vessels Form'' and 
submit it in accordance with the applicable Seaway Notice in lieu of 
this requirement.
    (2) For any vessel bound for the Hudson River north of the George 
Washington Bridge entering from outside the EEZ (which includes the 
equivalent zone of Canada). You must fax the information to the COTP New 
York (718-354-4249) at least 24 hours before the vessel enters New York, 
New York.
    (3) For any vessel not addressed in paragraphs (b)(1) and (b)(2) of 
this section, which is equipped with ballast water tanks and bound for 
ports or places in the United States. If your voyage is less than 24 
hours, you must report before departing your port or place of departure. 
If your voyage exceeds 24 hours, you must report at least 24 hours 
before arrival at your port or place of destination. All required 
information is to be sent to the National Ballast Information 
Clearinghouse (NBIC) using only one of the following means:
    (i) Internet at: http://invasions.si.edu/NBIC/bwform.html;
    (ii) E-mail to [email protected];
    (iii) Fax to 301-261-4319; or
    (iv) Mail to U.S. Coast Guard, c/o SERC (Smithsonian Environmental 
Research Center), P.O. Box 28, Edgewater, MD 21037-0028.
    (c) If the information submitted in accordance with this section 
changes, you must submit an amended form before the vessel departs the 
waters of the United States.

[USCG-2002-13147, 69 FR 32870, June 14, 2004; 69 FR 40767, July 7, 2004]

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