[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: 33CFR155.785]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 155--OIL OR HAZARDOUS MATERIAL POLLUTION PREVENTION REGULATIONS FOR 
VESSELS--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart C--Transfer Personnel, Procedures, Equipment, and Records
 
Sec. 155.785  Communications.

    (a) During vessel to vessel transfers, each tank vessel with a 
capacity of 250 or more barrels of cargo that is carrying oil or 
hazardous material must have a means that enables continuous two-way 
voice communication between the persons in charge of the transfer 
operations on both vessels.
    (b) Each vessel must have a means, which may be the communication 
system itself, that enables a person on board each vessel to effectively 
indicate his 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.
    (d) Portable radio devices used to comply with paragraph (a) of this 
section during the transfer of flammable or combustible liquids must be 
intrinsically safe, as defined in 46 CFR 110.15-100(i), and meet Class 
I, Division I, Group D requirements as defined in 46 CFR 111.80.

[CGD 75-124, 45 FR 7175, Jan. 31, 1980; 45 FR 43705, June 30, 1980, as 
amended by CGD 86-034, 55 FR 36255, Sept. 4, 1990]

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