{"data":{"id":"us/46-cfr-98.31-15","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 CFR 98.31-15","heading":"-15 Operating requirements.","body":"No person may operate a vessel that carries a bulk liquid cargo of NLS unless the vessel—\n(a) Has on board a Certificate of Inspection and, if it is a vessel making a foreign voyage, an NLS Certificate endorsed under § 98.31-10 with the name of the NLS cargo;\n(b) Discharges no NLS residues to the sea unless the vessel meets—\n(1) The equipment requirements in § 98.31-10(a)(2); and\n(2) The operating requirements prescribed for oceangoing ships carrying NLSs in §§ 153.901, 153.903, 153.909, and 153.1100 through 153.1132 of this chapter.","path":["Title 46—Shipping","CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","SUBCHAPTER I—CARGO AND MISCELLANEOUS VESSELS","PART 98—SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION, ARRANGEMENT, AND OTHER PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN DANGEROUS CARGOES IN BULK","Subpart 98.31—Control of Pollution From NLS Cargoes on Oceangoing Offshore Supply Vessels"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-46.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:22Z","sha256":"180995556bb0f54573074a428c15f45e1be652225495c06f42ad37b19d2931c3","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/46-cfr-98.31-10","next":"us/46-cfr-98.33-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}