Regulations last checked for updates: May 03, 2025

Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters last revised: Apr 29, 2025
§ 159.51 - Purpose and scope.

(a) This subpart prescribes regulations governing the design and construction of marine sanitation devices.

(b) Unless otherwise authorized by the Coast Guard each device for which certification under this part is requested must meet the requirements of this subpart.

authority: 33 U.S.C. 1322(b)(1); 49 CFR 1.45(b). Subpart E also issued under authority of sec. 1(a)(4), Pub. L. 106-554, 114 Stat. 2763; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1
source: CGD 73-83, 40 FR 4624, Jan. 30, 1975, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 33 CFR 159.51