[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR127.607]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
    CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 127--WATERFRONT FACILITIES HANDLING LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS AND LIQUEFIED HAZARDOUS GAS--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart B--Waterfront Facilities Handling Liquefied Natural Gas
 
Sec. 127.607  Fire main systems.

    (a) Each marine transfer area for LNG must have a fire main system 
that provides at least two water streams to each part of the LNG 
transfer piping and connections, one of which must be from a single 
length of hose or from a fire monitor.
    (b) The fire main must have at least one isolation valve at each 
branch connection and at least one isolation valve downstream of each 
branch connection to isolate damaged sections.
    (c) The fire main system must have the capacity to supply--
    (1) Simultaneously all fire hydrants, standpipes, and fire monitors 
in the system; and
    (2) At a Pitot tube pressure of 618 kilonewtons per square meter (75 
p.s.i.), the two outlets having the greatest pressure drop between the 
source of water and the hose or monitor nozzle, when only those two 
outlets are open.
    (d) If the source of water for the fire main system is capable of 
supplying a pressure greater than the system's design working pressure, 
the system must have at least one pressure relief device.
    (e) Each fire hydrant or standpipe must have at least one length of 
hose of sufficient length to meet paragraph (a) of this section.
    (f) Each length of hose must--

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    (1) Be 1\1/2\ inches or more in diameter and 30.5 meters (100 feet) 
or less in length;
    (2) Be on a hose rack or reel;
    (3) Be connected to the hydrant or standpipe at all times; and
    (4) Have a Coast Guard approved combination solid stream and water 
spray fire hose nozzle.

[CGD 78-038, 53 FR 3376, Feb. 7, 1988, as amended at CGD 88-049, 60 FR 
39796, Aug. 3, 1995]