[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: 33CFR156.150]

[Page 441-442]
 
                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. 156.150  Declaration of inspection.

    (a) No person may transfer oil or hazardous material to or from a 
vessel unless each person in charge, designated under Sec.Sec. 154.710 
and 155.700 of this chapter, has filled out and signed the declaration 
of inspection form described in paragraph (c) of this section.
    (b) No person in charge may sign the declaration of inspection 
unless he or she has determined by inspection, and indicated by 
initialling in the appropriate space on the declaration of inspection 
form, that the facility or vessel, as appropriate, meets Sec. 156.120.
    (c) The declaration of inspection may be in any form but must 
contain at least:
    (1) The name or other identification of the transferring vessel or 
facility and the receiving vessel or facility;
    (2) The address of the facility or location of the transfer 
operation if not at a facility;
    (3) The date and time the transfer operation is started;
    (4) A list of the requirements in Sec. 156.120 with spaces on the 
form following each requirement for the person in charge of the vessel 
or facility to indicate by initialling that the requirement is met for 
the transfer operation; and
    (5) A space for the date, time of signing, signature, and title of 
each person in charge during transfer operations on the transferring 
vessel or facility and a space for the date, time of signing, signature, 
and title of each person in charge during transfer operations on the 
receiving facility or vessel certifying that all tests and inspections 
have been completed and that they are both ready to begin transferring 
product; and
    (6) The date and time the transfer operation is completed.
    (d) The form for the declaration of inspection may incorporate the 
declaration-of-inspection requirements under 46 CFR 35.35-30.
    (e) The vessel and facility persons in charge shall each have a 
signed copy of the declaration of inspection available for inspection by 
the COTP during the transfer operation.
    (f) The operators of each vessel and facility engaged in the 
transfer operation shall retain a signed copy of the

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declaration of inspection on board the vessel or at the facility for at 
least 1 month from the date of signature.

[CGD 75-124, 45 FR 7177, Jan. 31, 1980, as amended by CGD 86-034, 55 FR 
36256, Sept. 4, 1990; CGD 93-056, 61 FR 41461, Aug. 8, 1996]