[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: 33CFR150.409]

[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. 150.409  Periodic tests and inspections: removal material and equipment.

    No person may transfer oil at a deepwater port unless the removal 
material and equipment required by Part 149 of this chapter is tested 
and inspected as follows:
    (a) Within the two months immediately preceding the month during 
which oil transfer operations are to be conducted at a deepwater port, 
any machinery, pumps, hydraulic parts, and other operating features of 
removal equipment must have been visually examined and operated in 
accordance with the instructions of the manufacturer.
    (b) Within the 11 months immediately preceding the month during 
which oil transfer operations are to be conducted at a deepwater port, 
the removal equipment must have been tested in conjunction with the 
containment equipment deployment required by Sec. 150.407(b).