[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: 33CFR150.405]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 150--OPERATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart D--Oil Transfer Operations
 
Sec. 150.405  Periodic tests and inspections: OTS components.

    No person may transfer oil through an OTS at a deepwater port 
unless:
    (a) The SPM-OTS of the OTS has been tested and inspected as required 
for maintenance of class in accordance with the Rules for Building and 
Classing Single Point Moorings published by the American Bureau of 
Shipping;
    (b) Each oil transfer hose in the SPM-OTS of the OTS in which the 
maximum pressure rating of the manufacturer has been exceeded, except 
when exceeded for testing required by this section, has, since the 
pressure was exceeded, been:
    (1) Removed;
    (2) Hydrostatically tested to 1.5 times its maximum working 
pressure; and
    (3) Visually examined externally and internally for evidence of 
leakage, loose covers, kinks, bulges, soft spots, and gouges, cuts, or 
slashes that penetrate the hose reinforcement;
    (c) Within the 23 months immediately preceding the month during 
which oil transfer operations are to be conducted, each submarine hose 
in the SPM-OTS of the OTS has been removed from the ends of each 
submarine coupling, surfaced, and visually examined externally and 
internally for evidence of flaws as described in paragraph (b)(3) of 
this section and hydrostatically tested to 1.5 times its maximum working 
pressure; and

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    (d) Each submarine hose in the SPM-OTS of that OTS has been visually 
examined in place for evidence of external flaws as described in 
paragraph (b)(3) of this section since the last time sea conditions at 
the deepwater port required shutdown of oil transfer operations.