Fueling procedures and pollution prevention

33 CFR §155.710

Qualifications of person in charge. (a) On each tankship required to be documented under the laws of the United States, the operator or agent of the vessel, or the person who arranges and hires a person to be in charge either of a transfer of liquid cargo in bulk or of cargo-tank cleaning, shall verify to his or her satisfaction that each person designated as a PIC— (1) Has sufficient training and experience with the relevant characteristics of the vessel on which he or she is engaged—including the cargo for transfer, the cargo-containment system, the cargo system (including transfer procedures, and shipboard-emergency equipment and procedures), the control and monitoring systems, the procedures for reporting pollution incidents, and, if installed, the Crude-Oil Washing (COW), inert-gas,…

33 CFR §155.750

Contents of transfer procedures. (a) The transfer procedures required by § 155.720 must contain, either in the order listed or by use of a cross-reference index page: (1) A list of each product transferred to or from the vessel, including the following information: (i) Generic or chemical name; (ii) Cargo information as described in § 154.310(a)(5)(ii) of this chapter; and (iii) Applicability of transfer procedures; (2) A description of each transfer system on the vessel including: (i) A line diagram of the vessel's transfer piping, including the location of each valve, pump, control device, vent, and overflow; (ii) The location of the shutoff valve or other isolation device that separates any bilge or ballast system from the transfer system; and (iii) A description of and procedu…

33 CFR §155.820

Records. The vessel operator shall keep a written record available for inspection by the COTP or OCMI of: (a) The name of each person currently designated as a person in charge of transfer operations. (b) The date and result of the most recent test and inspection of each item tested or inspected as required by § 156.170 of this chapter; (c) The hose information required by § 154.500(e) and (g) of this chapter unless that information is marked on the hose; and (d) The Declaration of Inspection as required by § 156.150(f) of this chapter. [CGD 75-124, 45 FR 7175, Jan. 31, 1980, as amended by CGD 86-034, 55 FR 36255, Sept. 4, 1990]

33 CFR §156.120

Requirements for transfer. A transfer is considered to begin when the person in charge on the transferring vessel or facility and the person in charge on the receiving facility or vessel first meet to begin completing the declaration of inspection, as required by § 156.150 of this part. No person shall conduct an oil or hazardous material transfer operation unless: (a) The vessel's moorings are strong enough to hold during all expected conditions of surge, current, and weather and are long enough to allow adjustment for changes in draft, drift, and tide during the transfer operation; (b) Transfer hoses and loading arms are long enough to allow the vessel to move to the limits of its moorings without placing strain on the hose, loading arm, or transfer piping system; (c) Each hose is su…

33 CFR §156.150

Declaration of inspection. (a) No person may transfer oil or hazardous material to or from a vessel unless each person in charge, designated under §§ 154.710 and 155.700 of this chapter, has filled out and signed the declaration of inspection form described in paragraph (c) of this section. (b) No person in charge may sign the declaration of inspection unless he or she has determined by inspection, and indicated by initialling in the appropriate space on the declaration of inspection form, that the facility or vessel, as appropriate, meets § 156.120. (c) The declaration of inspection may be in any form but must contain at least: (1) The name or other identification of the transferring vessel or facility and the receiving vessel or facility; (2) The address of the facility or location …

33 CFR §156.160

Supervision by person in charge. (a) No person may connect or disconnect a hose, top off a tank, or engage in any other critical procedures during the transfer operation unless the person in charge, required by § 156.120(s), supervises that procedure. (b) No person may start the flow of oil or hazardous material to or from a vessel unless instructed to do so by either person in charge. (c) No person may transfer oil or hazardous material to or from a vessel unless each person in charge is in the immediate vicinity and immediately available to the transfer personnel. [CGD 75-124, 45 FR 7177, Jan. 31, 1980, as amended by CGD 86-034, 55 FR 36256, Sept. 4, 1990]