Code of Federal Regulations Title 33. Navigation and Navigable Waters § 33.157.304 Shore-based reception facility:  standards

(a) A valid NPDES permit which allows it to process the ballast water and oil cargo residues of the vessel for which the exemption is being requested;  and

(b) The capacity to receive and store a volume of dirty ballast water equivalent to 30 percent of the deadweight, less the segregated ballast volume, of the vessel for which the exemption is being requested.