[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: 33CFR156.160]

[Page 440]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
    CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 156--OIL AND HAZARDOUS MATERIAL TRANSFER OPERATIONS--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart A--Oil and Hazardous Material Transfer Operations
 
Sec. 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 Sec. 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]