[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: 33CFR154.560]

[Page 308]
 
                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. 154.560  Communications.

    (a) Each facility must have a means that enables continuous two-way 
voice communication between the person in charge of the vessel transfer 
operation and the person in charge of the facility transfer operation.
    (b) Each facility must have a means, which may be the communications 
system itself, that enables a person on board a vessel or on the 
facility to effectively indicate the desire to use the means of 
communication required by paragraph (a) of this section.
    (c) The means required by paragraph (a) of this section must be 
usable and effective in all phases of the transfer operation and all 
conditions of weather at the facility.
    (d) A facility may use the system in Sec. 154.550(a)(2) to meet the 
requirement of paragraph (a) of this section.
    (e) Portable radio devices used to comply with paragraph (a) of this 
section during the transfer of flammable or combustible liquids must be 
marked as intrinsically safe by the manufacturer of the device and 
certified as intrinsically safe by a national testing laboratory or 
other certification organization approved by the Commandant as defined 
in 46 CFR 111.105-11. As an alternative to the marking requirement, 
facility operators may maintain documentation at the facility certifying 
that the portable radio devices in use at the facility are in compliance 
with this section.

[CGD 75-124, 45 FR 7172, Jan. 31, 1980; 45 FR 43705, June 30, 1980, as 
amended by CGD 93-056, 61 FR 41460, Aug. 8, 1996]