- (a) a list of each product transferred to or from the vessel or marine facility;
(b) a description of each oil transfer system on the vessel or marine facility including:
- (1) a line diagram of the vessel's or marine facility's oil transfer piping, including the location of each valve, pump, control device, vent, and overflow;
- (2) the location of the shutoff valve or other isolation device that separates any bilge or ballast system from the oil transfer system;
- (3) a description of and procedures for emptying the discharge containment system;
- (c) the number of persons required to be on duty during oil transfer operations;
- (d) the duties by title of each officer, person in charge, tankerperson, deckhand, and any other person required for each oil transfer operation;
- (e) procedures and duty assignments for tending the vessel's moorings during the transfer of oil;
- (f) procedures for operating the emergency shutdown and communications;
- (g) procedures for topping off tanks;
- (h) procedures for ensuring that all valves used during the oil transfer operations are closed upon completion of transfer;
- (i) procedures for reporting oil discharges into the water; and
- (j) procedures for closing and opening the vessel openings specified in 33 CFR 155.815.
The oil transfer procedures or operations manual must contain, either in the order listed or by use of a cross-reference index page, all of the following as appropriate:
Note: Authority cited: Sections 8670.7, 8670.17 and 8670.18, Government Code. Reference: 33 CFR 155.750; and Sections 8670.2 and 8670.14, Government Code.
History
1. New section filed 2-18-94 as an emergency; operative 2-18-94 (Register 94, No. 7). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 6-20-94 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. Certificate of Compliance as to 2-18-94 order transmitted to OAL 5-27-94 with amendment of Note and filed 7-12-94 (Register 94, No. 28).
3. Amendment of section heading, first paragraph and subsections (a)-(b)(1) filed 8-13-2002; operative 9-12-2002 (Register 2002, No. 33).