[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 53 (Friday, March 17, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 14470-14471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-55505]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 155


Oil or Hazardous Material Pollution Prevention Regulations for 
Vessels

CFR Correction

    In Title 33 of the Code of Federal Regulations, parts 125 to 199, 
revised as of July 1, 1999, part 155 is corrected by reinstating 
Secs. 155.235 and 155.240 to read as follows:


Sec. 155.235  Emergency towing capability for oil tankers.

    An emergency towing arrangement shall be fitted at both ends on 
board all oil tankers of not less than 20,000 deadweight tons (dwt), 
constructed on or after September 30, 1997. For oil tankers constructed 
before September 30, 1997, such an arrangement shall be fitted at the 
first scheduled dry-docking, but not later than January 1, 1999. The 
design and construction of the towing arrangement shall be in 
accordance with IMO resolution MSC.35(63).

[CGD 95-028, 62 FR 51194, Sept. 30, 1997]


Sec. 155.240  Damage stability information for oil tankers and offshore 
oil barges.

    (a) Owners or operators of oil tankers and offshore oil barges 
shall ensure that their vessels have prearranged, prompt access to 
computerized, shore-based damage stability and residual structural 
strength calculation programs.
    (b) Vessel baseline strength and stability characteristics must be 
pre-entered into such programs and be consistent with the vessel's 
existing configuration.
    (c) Access to the shore-based calculation program must be available 
24 hours a day.
    (d) At a minimum, the program must facilitate calculation of the 
following:
    (1) Residual hull girder strength based on the reported extent of 
damage.

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    (2) Residual stability when the vessel's compartments are breached.
    (3) The most favorable off-loading, ballasting, or cargo transfer 
sequences to improve residual stability, reduce hull girder stresses, 
and reduce ground-force reaction.
    (4) The bending and shear stresses caused by pinnacle loads from 
grounding or stranding.

[CGD 90-068, 58 FR 67996, Dec. 22, 1993, as amended by USCG-1998-
3799, 63 FR 35531, June 30, 1998]

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