[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: 33CFR156.130]

[Page 441]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 156--OIL AND HAZARDOUS MATERIAL TRANSFER OPERATIONS--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart A--Oil and Hazardous Material Transfer Operations
 
Sec. 156.130  Connection.

    (a) Each person who makes a connection for transfer operations 
shall:
    (1) Use suitable material in joints and couplings to ensure a leak-
free seal;
    (2) Use a bolt in at least every other hole, and in no case less 
than four bolts, in each temporary bolted connection that uses a flange 
that meets American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard flange 
requirements under Sec. 154.500(d)(2) of this chapter;
    (3) Use a bolt in each hole in each temporary bolted connection that 
uses a flange other than one that meets ANSI standards;
    (4) Use a bolt in each hole of each permanently connected flange;
    (5) Use bolts of the correct size in each bolted connection; and
    (6) Tighten each bolt and nut uniformly to distribute the load and 
sufficiently to ensure a leak free seal.
    (b) A person who makes a connection for transfer operations must not 
use any bolt that shows signs of strain or is elongated or deteriorated.
    (c) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, no person 
may use a connection for transfer operations unless it is:
    (1) A bolted or full threaded connection; or
    (2) A quick-connect coupling acceptable to the Commandant.
    (d) No person may transfer oil or hazardous material to a vessel 
that has a fill pipe for which containment cannot practically be 
provided unless an automatic back pressure shutoff nozzle is used.

[CGD 75-124, 45 FR 7177, Jan. 31, 1980, as amended by CGD 86-034, 55 FR 
36256, Sept. 4, 1990]