[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: 33CFR154.510]

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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 C--Equipment Requirements
 
Sec. 154.510  Loading arms.

    (a) Each mechanical loading arm used for transferring oil or 
hazardous material and placed into service after June 30, 1973, must 
meet the design, fabrication, material, inspection, and testing 
requirements in ANSI B31.3.
    (b) The manufacturer's certification that the standard in paragraph 
(a) of this section has been met must be permanently marked on the 
loading arm

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or recorded elsewhere at the facility with the loading arm marked to 
identify it with that information.
    (c) Each mechanical loading arm used for transferring oil or 
hazardous material must have a means of being drained or closed before 
being disconnected after transfer operations are completed.

[CGD 75-124, 45 FR 7172, Jan. 31, 1980, as amended by CGD 86-034, 55 FR 
36253, Sept. 4, 1990]