{"operation":"document","citation":"33 CFR 156.118","title":"Advance notice of transfer.","source_type":"regulation","agency":"United States Coast Guard","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"2026-08-18","summary":"(a) The COTP may require a facility operator to notify the COTP of the time and place of each transfer operation at least 4 hours before it begins for facilities that:\n\n(1) Are mobile;\n\n(2) Are in a remote location;\n\n(3) Have a prior history of oil or hazardous material spills; or\n\n(4) Conduct infre","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/33-cfr-156-118.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/33-cfr-156-118.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/33-cfr-156-118","source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2026-08-18/title-33/section-156.118","body":"(a) The COTP may require a facility operator to notify the COTP of the time and place of each transfer operation at least 4 hours before it begins for facilities that:\n\n(1) Are mobile;\n\n(2) Are in a remote location;\n\n(3) Have a prior history of oil or hazardous material spills; or\n\n(4) Conduct infrequent transfer operations.\n\n(b) In the case of a vessel to vessel transfer, the COTP may require a vessel operator of a lightering or fueling vessel to notify the COTP of the time and place of each transfer operation, as specified by the COTP, at least 4 hours before it begins.\n\n(c) No person may conduct such transfer operations until advance notice has been given as specified by the COTP.\n\nNote: The notification may be accomplished by submitting a written schedule, periodically updated to be current.\n\n[CGD 75-124, 45 FR 7177, Jan. 31, 1980, as amended by CGD 86-034, 55 FR 36255, Sept. 4, 1990]","truncated":false,"body_characters":901}