[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: 33CFR154.325]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 154--FACILITIES TRANSFERRING OIL OR HAZARDOUS MATERIAL IN BULK--Table 
of Contents
 
                      Subpart B--Operations Manual
 
Sec. 154.325  Operations manual: Procedures for examination.

    (a) The operator of a facility shall submit two copies of the 
Operations Manual to the Captain of the Port of the zone in which the 
facility is located.
    (b) Not less than 60 days prior to any transfer operation, the 
operator of a new facility shall submit, with the letter of intent, two 
copies of the Operations Manual to the Captain of the Port of the zone 
in which the facility is located.
    (c) After a facility is removed from caretaker status, not less than 
30 days prior to any transfer operation the operator of that facility 
shall submit two copies of the Operations Manual to the COTP of the zone 
in which the facility is located unless the manual has been previously 
examined and no changes have been made since the examination.
    (d) If the COTP finds that the Operations Manual meets the 
requirements of this part and part 156 of this chapter, the COTP will 
return one copy of the manual to the operator marked ``Examined by the 
Coast Guard''.
    (e) If the COTP finds that the Operations Manual does not meet the 
requirements of this part and/or part 156 of this chapter, the COTP will 
return the manuals with an explanation of

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why it does not meet the requirements of this chapter.
    (f) No person may use any Operations Manual for transfer operations 
as required by this chapter unless the Operations Manual has been 
examined by the COTP.
    (g) The Operations Manual is voided if the facility operator--
    (1) Amends the Operations Manual without following the procedures in 
Sec. 154.320 of this part;
    (2) Fails to amend the Operations Manual when required by the COTP; 
or
    (3) Notifies the COTP in writing that the facility will be placed in 
caretaker status.

[CGD 93-056, 61 FR 41459, Aug. 8, 1996]