🔍 Key Concepts

• 33 CFR Part 155 – Oil Pollution Prevention Regulations • Required contents of a Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan (SOPEP) • Difference between a plan, an operating manual, and a log book

💭 Think About

• Which option describes something you would normally find at the front of any formal emergency plan document? • Which choices look more like detailed technical documents or records that already have their own separate regulatory requirements? • Ask yourself: is the regulation likely to require the plan to duplicate information that must already be kept elsewhere on the vessel?

✅ Before You Answer

• Look up the section in 33 CFR Part 155 that outlines the required elements of an Oil Pollution Emergency Plan and list them out. • Check whether the CFR ever says that the plan must contain all Oil Record Book entries or full operating instructions for equipment, or if those are covered under other requirements. • Verify which answer choice best matches the idea of introducing and explaining the purpose and scope of the plan itself.