[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR149.205]

[Page 204]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 149--DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND EQUIPMENT--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart B--Design and Equipment; General
 
Sec. 149.205  Design standards.

    (a) Each fixed marine and floating component of a deepwater port, 
except hoses, mooring lines, and aids to navigation buoys, must be 
designed to withstand at least the combined wind, wave, and current 
forces of the most severe storm that can be expected to occur in any 
period of 100 years at the port.
    Note: ``Recommended Procedure for Developing Deepwater Ports Design 
Criteria'' describes a method to prepare the wind, wave, and current 
criteria for use in determining the forces of the storm described by 
this paragraph. This guide may be obtained from the Commandant (G-M).
    (b) Each platform must be designed in accordance with the American 
Petroleum Institute ``Recommended Practice for Planning, Designing, and 
Constructing Fixed Offshore Platforms'' (API RP 2A), and the codes and 
standards in API RP 2A, to the extent that the recommended practice, 
codes, and standards are consistent with this subchapter.
    (c) Each electrical installation on a platform must be designed, to 
the extent practicable, in accordance with 46 CFR 110-113.
    (d) Each boiler and pressure vessel on a platform must be designed 
in accordance with Sections I, IV, and VIII of the American Society of 
Mechanical Engineers ``ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code'' to the 
extent that the code is consistent with this subchapter.
    (e) Main oil transfer piping on a platform must be designed in 
accordance with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI B 31.4) 
Liquid Petroleum Transportation Piping Systems.

[CGD 75-002, 40 FR 52565, Nov. 10, 1975, as amended by CGD 88-052, 53 FR 
25121, July 1, 1988]