[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: 33CFR150.407]

[Page 226]
 
                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. 150.407  Periodic tests and inspections: discharge containment equipment.

    No person may transfer oil at a deepwater port unless the discharge 
containment equipment required by Part 149 of this chapter is tested and 
inspected as follows:
    (a) Within the five months immediately preceding the month during 
which oil transfer operations are to be conducted at a deepwater port, a 
visual examination must have been performed to determine whether there 
existed any conditions that might impair the effectiveness of the 
equipment in performing its intended function. This visual examination 
must include the condition of such items as fabric and fabric coatings, 
seams and bonding points, metal hardware parts, shackles, fittings, 
towing and other lines, cables, flotation devices, inflation mechanisms, 
and any other components integral to the equipment.
    (b) Within the 11 months immediately preceding the month during 
which oil transfer operations are to be conducted at a deepwater port, 
representative pieces or sections of the containment equipment must:
    (1) Have been deployed under simulated discharge conditions and the 
integrity of equipment strength members, containment skirt, flotation 
devices, and any other design performance factors of the equipment 
tested; or
    (2) Have been deployed under actual discharge conditions.