[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: 33CFR154.520]

[Page 306]
 
                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. 154.520  Closure devices.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each 
facility to which this part applies must have enough butterfly valves, 
wafer-type resilient seated valves, blank flanges, or other means 
acceptable to the COTP to blank off the ends of each hose or loading arm 
that is not connected for the transfer of oil or hazardous material. 
Such hoses and/or loading arms must be blanked off during the transfer 
of oil or hazardous material. A suitable material in the joints and 
couplings shall be installed on each end of the hose assembly or loading 
arm not being used for transfer to ensure a leak-free seal.
    (b) A new, unused hose, and a hose that has been cleaned and is gas 
free, is exempt from the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section.

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