(x) The person in charge of oil transfer operations on the transferring vessel or facility and the person in charge of oil transfer operations on the receiving vessel or facility agree to begin the transfer operation;

(y) Between sunset and sunrise the lighting required by §§ 154.570 and 155.790 of this chapter is provided; and

(z) For transfer operations between tank barges from sunset to sunrise, lighting is provided as described in $155.790 of this chapter.

§ 156.125 Oil discharge cleanup.

(a) Each person conducting an oil transfer operation shall stop the transfer operation whenever oil from any source is discharged

(1) In the transfer operation work area; or

(2) Into the water or upon the adjoining shoreline in the transfer area.

(b) Except as permitted under paragraph (c) of this section, no person may resume an oil transfer operation after it has been stopped under paragraph (a) of this section, unless

(1) Oil discharged in the oil transfer operation work area is cleaned up; and

(2) Oil discharged into the water or upon the adjoining shoreline is cleaned up, or is contained and being cleaned up.

(c) The COTP may authorize resuming the oil transfer operation if it is deemed appropriate.

$156.130 Connection.

(a) Each person who makes a connection for oil transfer operations shall

(1) Use suitable material in joints and couplings to ensure a leak-free seal;

(2) Use a bolt in at least every other hole, and in no case less than four bolts, in each temporary bolted connection that uses a flange that meets American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard flange requirements under § 154.500(d)(2) of this chapter;

(3) Use a bolt in each hole in each temporary bolted connection that uses a flange other than one that meets ANSI standards;

(4) Use a bolt in each hole of each permanently connected flange;

(5) Use bolts of the correct size in each bolted connection; and

(6) Tighten each bolt and nut uniformly to distribute the load and sufficiently to ensure a leak free seal.

(b) A person who makes a connection for oil transfer operations must not use any bolt that shows signs of strain or is elongated or deteriorated.

(c) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, no person may use a connection for oil transfer operations unless it is

(1) A bolted or full threaded connection; or

(2) A quick-connect coupling acceptable to the Commandant.

(d) No person may transfer oil to a vessel that has a fill pipe for which containment cannot practically be provided unless an automatic back pressure shutoff nozzle is used.

§ 156.150 Declaration of inspection.

(a) No person may transfer oil 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 of the transfer operation if not at a facility;

(3) The date the transfer operation is started;

(4) A list of the requirements in § 156.120 with spaces on the form following each requirement for the person in charge of the vessel or facility to indicate by initialling that the requirement is met for the transfer operation; and

(5) A space for the date, time of signing, signature, and title of each person in charge during oil transfer operations on the transferring vessel or facility and space for the date, time of signing, signature, and title of each person in charge during oil transfer operations on the receiving facility or vessel.

(d) The form for the declaration of inspection may incorporate the declaration-of-inspection requirements

under 46 CFR 35.35-30.

(e) The vessel and facility persons in charge shall each have a signed copy of the declaration of inspection available for inspection by the COTP during the oil transfer operation.

(f) The operators of each vessel and facility engaged in an oil transfer operation shall retain a signed copy of the declaration of inspection on board the vessel or at the facility for at least 1 month from the date of signature.

§ 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 an oil transfer operation unless the person in charge, required by § 156.120(s), supervises that procedure.

(b) No person may start the flow of oil to or from a vessel unless instructed to do so by either person in charge. (c) No person may transfer oil to or from a vessel unless each person in charge is in the immediate vicinity and immediately available to the oil transfer personnel.

§ 156.170 Equipment tests and inspections. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, no person may use any equipment listed in paragraph (c) of this section for oil transfer operations unless the vessel or facility operator, as appropriate, tests and inspects the equipment in accordance with paragraphs (b), (c) and (f) of this section and the equipment is in the condition specified in paragraph (c) of this section.

(b) During any test or inspection required by this section, the entire external surface of the hose must be accessible.

(c) For the purpose of paragraph (a) of this section

(1) Each nonmetallic oil transfer hose must

(i) Have no unrepaired loose covers, kinks, bulges, soft spots, or any other defect which would permit the discharge of oil through the hose material, and no gouges, cuts or slashes that penetrate the first layer of hose reinforcement, as defined in § 156.120(j).

(ii) Have no external deterioration and, to the extent internal inspection is possible with both ends of the hose open, no internal deterioration;

(iii) Not burst, bulge, leak, or abnormally distort under static liquid pressure at least 11⁄2 times the maximum allowable working pressure; and

(iv) Where a dispute arises under paragraph (c)(1)(i) of this section, be acceptable for use after a hydrostatic test is successfully completed in the presence of the COTP;

(2) Each transfer system relief valve must open at or below the pressure at which it is set to open;

(3) Each pressure gauge must show pressure within 10 percent of the actual pressure;

(4) Each loading arm and each oil transfer pipe system, including each metallic hose, must not leak under static liquid pressure at least 11⁄2 times the maximum allowable working pressure; and

(5) Each item of remote operating or indicating equipment, such as a remotely operated valve, tank level alarm, or emergency shutdown device, must perform its intended function.

(d) No person may use any hose in underwater service for oil transfer operations unless the operator of the vessel or facility has tested and inspected it in accordance with paragraph (c)(1) or (c)(4) of this section, as applicable.

(e) The test fluid used for the testing required by this section is limited to liquids that are compatible with the hose tube as recommended by the hose manufacturer.

(f) The frequency of the tests and inspections required by this section must be

(1) Annually for facilities; and

(2) Annually or as part of the biennial and mid-period inspections for vessels.

157.25 157.26

Subpart C-Vessel Operation

Exceptions to applicability.

Operation of a tank vessel in violation of regulations. 157.27 Discharges: Tank vessels carrying oil exclusively on rivers, lakes, bays, sounds, and the Great Lakes, and seagoing tank vessels of less than 150 gross tons.

157.28 Discharges from tank barges exempted from certain design requirements.

157.29 Discharges: Seagoing tank vessels of 150 gross tons or more.

157.31 Discharges: Chemical additives. 157.33 Water ballast in oil fuel tanks.

157.35 Ballast added to cargo tanks.

157.37 Discharge of cargo residue.

157.39 Machinery space bilges.

Sec.

157.45 Valves in cargo or ballast piping system.

157.47 Information for master. 157.49

Instruction manual.

Subpart D-Crude Oil Washing (COW) System on Tank Vessels

GENERAL

157.100 Plans for U.S. tank vessels: Sub

mission.

157.102 Plans for foreign tank vessels: Sub

mission.

157.104 Scale models.

157.106 Letter of acceptance. 157.108 Crude Oil Washing Operations and Equipment Manual for U.S. tank vessels: Submission.

157.110 Crude Oil Washing Operations and Equipment Manual for foreign tank vessels: Submission.

157.112 Approved Crude Oil Washing Operations and Equipment Manual. 157.114 Crude Oil Washing Operations and Equipment Manual: Not approved. 157.116 Required documents: U.S. tank vessels.

157.118 Required documents: Foreign tank vessels.

157.120 Waiver of required documents.

DESIGN, EQUIPMENT, AND INSTALLATION 157.122 Piping, valves, and fittings. 157.124 COW tank washing machines. 157.126 Pumps.

157.128 Stripping system.

157.130 Crude oil washing with more than one grade of crude oil.

157.132 Cargo tanks: Hydrocarbon vapor emissions.

157.134 Cargo tank drainage.

157.136 Two-way voice communications. 157.138 Crude Oil Washing Operations and Equipment Manual.

INSPECTIONS

157.140 Tank vessel inspections. 157.142 Letter of acceptance: Inspections. 157.144 Tank vessels of the same class: Inspections.

157.146 Similar tank design: Inspections on U.S. tank vessels.

157.147 Similar tank design: Inspections on foreign tank vessels.

157.148 COW system: Evidence for inspections.

157.150 Crude Oil Washing Operations and Equipment Manual: Recording information after inspections.

PERSONNEL

157.152 Person in charge of COW oper

ations.

157.154 Assistant personnel.

Sec.

157.302 Applying for an exemption or requesting modification of an exemption. 157.304 Shore-based reception facility.

standards.

157.306 Granting, denying, or modifying an exemption.

157.308 Revocation of exemption: procedure and appeals.

157.310 Exempted vessels: operations. APPENDIX A-DAMAGE ASSUMPTIONS, HYPOTHETICAL OUTFLOWS, AND CARGO TANK SIZE AND ARRANGEMENTS

APPENDIX B-SUBDIVISION AND STABILITY AS

SUMPTIONS

APPENDIX C-PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING DISTRIBUTION OF SEGREGATED BALLAST TANKS TO PROVIDE PROTECTION AGAINST OIL OUTFLOW IN THE EVENT OF GROUNDING, RAMMING, OR COLLISION APPENDIX D-EXAMPLE OF A PROCEDURE FOR DEDICATED CLEAN BALLAST TANKS OPERATIONS

AUTHORITY: R.S. 4417a (3) and (7), as amended (46 U.S.C. 391a (3) and (7)); 49 CFR 1.46(n)(4), unless otherwise noted.

SOURCE: CGD 74-32, 40 FR 48283, Oct. 14, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

Subpart A-General

§ 157.01 Applicability.

(a) This part applies to each tank vessel of 150 gross tons or more, unless otherwise indicated, that carries crude oil or products in bulk and that is—

(1) Documented under the laws of the United States (U.S. vessel); or (2) A foreign vessel that

(i) Transfers cargo at a port or place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; or

(ii) Otherwise enters or operates in the navigable waters of the United States.

(b) This part does not apply to the following:

(1) Vessels under Subsections (4) and (5) of Sec. 5, Port and Tanker Safety Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-474, 92 Stat. 1480, 46 U.S.C. 391a).

(2) Any foreign vessel not destined for, or departing from, a port or place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States that is in innocent passage through the territorial seas of the United States or in transit through navigable waters of the United States which form a part of an international strait.

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(92 Stat. 1480, sec. 5, Port and Tanker Safety Act of 1978, 46 U.S.C. 391(a); 49 CFR 1.46(n)(4))

[CGD 77-058b, 45 FR 43706, June 30, 1980]

§ 157.03

Definitions.

As used in this part:

(a) "Length" or "L" means the distance in meters from the fore side of the stem to the axis of the rudder stock on a waterline at 85 percent of the least molded depth measured from the molded baseline, or 96 percent of the total length on that waterline, whichever is greater. In vessels designed with drag, the water line is measured parallel to the designed waterline.

(b) "Amidships" means the middle of the length.

(c) "Breadth" or "B" means the maximum molded breadth of a vessel in meters.

(d) "Center tank" means any tank inboard of a longitudinal bulkhead.

(e) "Clean ballast" means the ballast in a cargo tank which, if discharged from a vessel that is stationary into clean, calm water on a clear day, would not

(1) Produce visible traces of oil on the surface of the water or on adjoining shore lines; or

(2) Cause a sludge or emulsion to be ; deposited beneath the surface of the water or upon adjoining shore lines.

lar stage of construction after June 30, 1975;

(iii) Is delivered after December 31, 1977; or

(iv) Has undergone a major conversion for which

(A) The contract is awarded after December 31, 1974;

(B) In the absence of a contract, conversion is begun after June 30, 1975; or (C) Conversion is completed after December 31, 1977; and

(2) A foreign vessel or a U.S. vessel in foreign trade that

(i) Is constructed under a contract awarded after December 31, 1975;

(ii) In the absence of a building contract, has the keel laid or is at a similar stage of construction after June 30, 1976;

(iii) Is delivered after December 31, 1979; or

(iv) Has undergone a major conversion for which

(A) The contract is awarded after December 31, 1975;

(B) In the absence of a contract, conversion is begun after June 30, 1976; or (C) Conversion is completed after December 31, 1979.

(j) "Existing vessel" means any vessel that is not a new vessel.

(k) “Major conversion" means a conversion of an existing vessel that

(1) Substantially alters the dimenor carrying capacity of the vessel, except the installation of only segregated ballast tanks, dedicated clean ballast tanks, or a crude oil washing system to meet this part; (2) Changes the type of vessel; or (3) Substantially prolongs the vessel's service life.

(1) "From the nearest land” means from the baseline from which the territorial sea of the United States is established in accordance with international law.

(m) "Instantaneous rate of discharge of oil content" means the rate of discharge of oil in liters per hour at any instant, divided by the speed of the vessel in knots at the same instant.

(n) "Oil" includes oil of any kind or in any form, including, but not limited to, petroleum, fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse, and oil mixed with wastes other than dredged spoil.