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  2. Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
  3. Chapter I - Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
  4. Subchapter O - Pollution
  5. Part 159 - Marine Sanitation Devices
  6. Subpart E - Discharge of Effluents in Certain Alaskan Waters by Cruise Vessel Operations
  7. 33 CFR § 159.311
33 CFR § 159.311
Safety exception
August 2, 2023
CFR
Editorial Note on Part 159

Editorial Note:

Nomenclature changes to part 159 appear by USCG–2008–0179, 73 FR 35015, June 19, 2008.

§ 159.311 Safety exception.

The regulations in this subpart shall not apply to discharges made for the purpose of securing the safety of the cruise vessel or saving life at sea, provided that all reasonable precautions have been taken for the purpose of preventing or minimizing the discharge.

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