U.S. Code of Federal Regulations
Regulations most recently checked for updates: Jan 21, 2026
The reception facility that services oceangoing ships using a ship repair yard must have a capacity for receiving-
(a) An amount of ballast from bunker tanks, and the wash water and oil residue from the cleaning of bunker tanks and oil residue (sludge) tanks, equal to 8 percent of the bunker capacity of the largest oceangoing ship serviced;
(b) An amount of solid oil cargo residues from cargo tanks equal to 0.1 percent of the deadweight tonnage of the largest oceangoing tanker serviced;
(c) An amount of ballast water containing oily mixtures and wash water from in-port tank washing equal to-
(1) 1,500 metric tons (1,650 short tons), or;
(2) 4
(d) An amount of liquid oil cargo residue based on the following percentages of deadweight tonnage of the largest oceangoing tanker serviced:
(1) For crude oil oceangoing tankers, 1%.
(2) For black product oceangoing tankers, 0.5%
(3) For white product oceangoing tankers, 0.2%
