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33 CFR §158.170

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The COTP may suspend a Certificate of Adequacy if—
  1. (a)Deficiencies recur or significantly affect the adequacy of the reception facility;
  2. (b)Continued operations will result in undue delay to ships calling at the port or terminal;
  3. (c)There is a failure to accept NLS residue from a ship after it's cargo tanks are prewashed in accordance with 46 CFR 153.1120; or
  4. (d)There is a substantial threat of discharge of oil or NLS into or upon the navigable waters of the United States or adjoining shorelines.