1625-0093 Stat/Authority

33 CFR 154.325 (up to date as of 4/01/2025)
Operations manual: Procedures for examination.

33 CFR 154.325 (Apr. 1, 2025)

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Title 33 —Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter I —Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
Subchapter O —Pollution
Part 154 —Facilities Transferring Oil or Hazardous Material in Bulk
Subpart B —Operations Manual
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(1)(C), (j)(5), (j)(6), and (m)(2); 46 U.S.C. 70011, 70034; sec. 2, E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757; Department
of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2. Subpart F is also issued under 33 U.S.C. 2735. Vapor
control recovery provisions of Subpart P are also issued under 42 U.S.C. 7511b(f)(2).

Editorial Note: Nomenclature changes to part 154 appear by USCG-2025-0186, 90 FR 12238, Mar. 17, 2025.
§ 154.325 Operations manual: Procedures for examination.
(a) Not less than 60 days prior to the first transfer operation, the operator of a new facility must submit, with
the letter of intent, an Operations Manual in printed or electronic format to the COTP of the zone(s) in
which the facility is located.
(b) After a facility is removed from caretaker status, not less than 30 days prior to the first transfer operation,
the operator of that facility must submit an Operations Manual in printed or electronic format to the COTP
of the zone in which the facility is located, unless the manual has been previously examined and no
changes have been made since the examination.
(c) If the COTP finds that the Operations Manual meets the requirements of this part and part 156 of this
chapter, the COTP will provide notice to the facility stating the manual has been examined by the Coast
Guard. The notice will include the date, revision date of the manual, or other revision-specific identifying
information.
(d) If the COTP finds that the Operations Manual does not meet the requirements of this part or part 156 of
this subchapter, the COTP will notify the facility with an explanation of why the manual does not meet the
requirements of this subchapter.
(e) No person may use any Operations Manual for transfer operations as required by this chapter unless the
Operations Manual has been examined by the COTP.
(f) The Operations Manual is voided if the facility operator—
(1) Amends the Operations Manual without following the procedures in § 154.320 of this part;
(2) Fails to amend the Operations Manual when required by the COTP; or
(3) Notifies the COTP in writing that the facility will be placed in caretaker status.
[CGD 93-056, 61 FR 41459, Aug. 8, 1996, as amended by USCG-2020-0315, 86 FR 43941, Aug. 11, 2021]

33 CFR 154.325(f)(3) (enhanced display)

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