# 33 C.F.R. § 155.1025 (2026): Operating restrictions and interim operating authorization > Federal · Regulations · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T33_P155_S155_1025 ## Section - **Citation:** 33 C.F.R. § 155.1025 (2026) - **Heading:** Operating restrictions and interim operating authorization - **Jurisdiction:** Federal - **Kind:** Regulations - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Title 33 CFR: Navigation and Navigable Waters / Chapter I: COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY / Part 155: OIL OR HAZARDOUS MATERIAL POLLUTION PREVENTION REGULATIONS FOR VESSELS / Subpart D: Tank Vessel Response Plans for Oil / § 155.1025: § 155.1025 Operating restrictions and interim operating authorization. ## Text (a) Vessels subject to this subpart may not perform the following functions, unless operating in compliance with a plan approved under § 155.1065: (1) Handling, storing, or transporting oil on the navigable waters of the United States; or (2) Transferring oil in any other port or place subject to U.S. jurisdiction. (b) Vessels subject to this subpart may not transfer oil in a port or place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, where the oil to be transferred was received from another vessel subject to this subpart during a lightering operation referred to in § 155.1015(b), unless both vessels engaged in the lightering operation were operating at the time in compliance with a plan approved under § 155.1065. (c)(1) Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section, a vessel may continue to handle, store, transport, transfer, or lighter oil for 2 years after the date of submission of a response plan pending approval of that plan, if the vessel owner or operator has received written authorization for continued operations from the Coast Guard. (2) To receive this authorization, the vessel owner or operator must certify in writing to the Coast Guard that the owner or operator has identified and ensured the availability of, through contract or other approved means, the necessary private response resources to respond, to the maximum extent practicable, to a worst case discharge or substantial threat of such a discharge from their vessel as described in § 155.1050, § 155.1052, § 155.1230, or § 155.2230, as appropriate. writing to the Coast Guard that the owner or operator has identified and ensured the availability of, through contract or other approved means, the necessary private response resources to respond, to the maximum extent practicable, to a worst case discharge or substantial threat of such a discharge from their vessel as described in § 155.1050, § 155.1052, § 155.1230, or § 155.2230, as appropriate. (d) With respect to paragraph (b) of this section, a vessel may not continue to handle, store, transport, transfer, or lighter oil if— (1) The Coast Guard determines that the response resources identified in the vessel's certification statement do not meet the requirements of this subpart; (2) The contracts or agreements cited in the vessel's certification statement are no longer valid; (3) The vessel is not operating in compliance with the submitted plan; or (4) The period of this authorization expires. (e) An owner or operator of a vessel may be authorized by the applicable COTP to have that vessel make one voyage to transport or handle oil in a geographic specific area not covered by the vessel's response plan. All requirements of this subpart must be met for any subsequent voyages to that geographic specific area. To be authorized, the vessel owner or operator shall certify to the COTP in writing, prior to the vessel's entry into the COTP zone, that— (1) A response plan meeting the requirements of this subpart (except for the applicable geographic specific appendix) or a shipboard oil pollution emergency plan approved by the flag state that meets the requirements of Regulation 37 of Annex I to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto, as amended (MARPOL 73/78); (2) The approved response plan or the required plan section(s) is aboard the vessel; (3) The vessel owner or operator has identified and informed the vessel master and the COTP of the designated qualified individual prior to the vessel's entry into the COTP zone; and on for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto, as amended (MARPOL 73/78); (2) The approved response plan or the required plan section(s) is aboard the vessel; (3) The vessel owner or operator has identified and informed the vessel master and the COTP of the designated qualified individual prior to the vessel's entry into the COTP zone; and (4) The vessel owner or operator has identified and ensured the availability of, through contract or other approved means, the private response resources necessary to respond, to the maximum extent practicable under the criteria in § 155.1050, § 155.1052, § 155.1230, or § 155.2230, as appropriate, to a worst case discharge or substantial threat of discharge from the vessel in the applicable COTP zone. [CGD 91-034, 61 FR 1081, Jan. 12, 1996, as amended by USCG-2008-0179, 73 FR 35015, June 19, 2008] ## Nearby sections - [33 C.F.R. § 155.1010 (2026) § 155.1010 Purpose.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T33_P155_S155_1010.md) - [33 C.F.R. § 155.1015 (2026) § 155.1015 Applicability.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T33_P155_S155_1015.md) - [33 C.F.R. § 155.1020 (2026) § 155.1020 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T33_P155_S155_1020.md) - [33 C.F.R. § 155.1025 (2026) § 155.1025 Operating restrictions and interim operating authorization.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T33_P155_S155_1025.md) - [33 C.F.R. § 155.1026 (2026) § 155.1026 Qualified individual and alternate qualified individual.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T33_P155_S155_1026.md) - [33 C.F.R. § 155.1030 (2026) § 155.1030 General response plan requirements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T33_P155_S155_1030.md) - [33 C.F.R. § 155.1035 (2026) § 155.1035 Response plan requirements for manned vessels carrying oil as a primary cargo.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T33_P155_S155_1035.md) - [33 C.F.R. § 155.1040 (2026) § 155.1040 Response plan requirements for unmanned tank barges carrying oil as a primary cargo.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T33_P155_S155_1040.md) - [33 C.F.R. § 155.1045 (2026) § 155.1045 Response plan requirements for vessels carrying oil as a secondary cargo.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T33_P155_S155_1045.md) - [33 C.F.R. § 155.1050 (2026) § 155.1050 Response plan development and evaluation criteria for vessels carrying groups I through IV petroleum oil as a primary cargo.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T33_P155_S155_1050.md) - [33 C.F.R. § 155.1052 (2026) § 155.1052 Response plan development and evaluation criteria for vessels carrying group V petroleum oil as a primary cargo.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T33_P155_S155_1052.md) - [33 C.F.R. § 155.1055 (2026) § 155.1055 Training.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T33_P155_S155_1055.md) - [33 C.F.R. § 155.1060 (2026) § 155.1060 Exercises.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T33_P155_S155_1060.md) - [33 C.F.R. § 155.1062 (2026) § 155.1062 Inspection and maintenance of response resources.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T33_P155_S155_1062.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T33_P155_S155_1025. 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