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Subpart A—General7

Subpart B—Operations Manual4

Subpart C—Equipment Requirements10

Subpart D—Facility Operations6

Subpart F—Response Plans for Oil Facilities22

Subpart G—Additional Response Plan Requirements for a Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act (TAPAA) Facility Operating in Prince William Sound, Alaska7

Subpart H—Response Plans for Animal Fats and Vegetable Oils Facilities6

Subpart I—Response Plans for Other Non-Petroleum Oil Facilities3

Subpart P—Marine Vapor Control Systems35

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33 CFR 154.2200

Applicable transfer facility design and installation requirements.

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A tank barge cleaning facility's (TBCF's) vapor control system (VCS) must meet the following design and installation requirements of this subpart for a transfer facility's VCS:#

(a)33 CFR 154.2100(b), (c), (f), (g), (i), (j), and (k): general design and installation requirements;#

(b)33 CFR 154.2102: facility requirements for vessel liquid overfill protection, if a TBCF receives vapor from a tank barge that is required by 46 CFR 39.6001(f)(3) to be equipped with a liquid overfill protection arrangement and meet 46 CFR 39.2009;#

(c)33 CFR 154.2106: detonation arrester installation;#

(d)33 CFR 154.2107: inerting, enriching, and diluting systems;#

(e)33 CFR 154.2108: vapor-moving devices;#

(f)33 CFR 154.2109: vapor recovery and vapor destruction units;#

(g)33 CFR 154.2111: VCS connected to a facility's main VCS;#

(h)33 CFR 154.2112: special requirements for vapors with the potential to polymerize or freeze; and#

(i)33 CFR 154.2113: special requirements for alkylene oxides.#

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Facilitybinding

means either an onshore or offshore facility, except for an offshore facility operating under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Department of Interior, and includes, but is not limited to, structure, equipment, and appurtenances thereto, used or capable of being used to transfer oil or hazardous materials to or from a vessel or public vessel. Also included are facilities that tank clean or strip and any floating structure that is used to support an integral part of the facility's operation. A facility includes federal, state, municipal, and private facilities.

33 CFR 154.105Applies at 33 CFR Part 154 scope

Tank bargebinding

means a non-self-propelled tank vessel.

33 CFR 154.105Applies at 33 CFR Part 154 scope

Transferbinding

means any movement of oil or hazardous material to, from, or within a vessel by means of pumping, gravitation, or displacement. A transfer is considered to begin when the person in charge on the transferring vessel or facility and the person in charge on the receiving facility or vessel first meet to begin completing the declaration of inspection as required by § 156.150 of this chapter. A transfer is considered to be complete when all the connections for the transfer have been uncoupled and secured with blanks or other closure devices and both of the persons in charge have completed the declaration of inspection to include the date and time the transfer was complete.

33 CFR 154.105Applies at 33 CFR Part 154 scope

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Retrieved: Aug 20, 2026
Version: 2026-08-18

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