33 C.F.R. § 150.405 How must a Cargo Transfer System (CTS) be tested and inspected?
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
(a) No person may transfer oil or natural gas through a CTS at a deepwater port unless it has been inspected and tested according to this section. (b) The SPM-CTS must be maintained as required by the design standards used to comply with §149.650 of this chapter. (c) If the manufacturer's maximum pressure rating for any cargo transfer hose in a SPM-CTS has been exceeded (unless it was exceeded for testing required by this section), the hose must be: (1) Removed; (2) Hydrostatically tested to 1.5 times its maximum working pressure for oil or 1.1 times its maximum working pressure for natural gas; and (3) Visually examined externally and internally for evidence of: (i) Leakage; (ii) Loose covers; (iii) Kinks; (iv) Bulges; (v) Soft spots; and (vi) Gouges, cuts, or slashes that penetrate the hose reinforcement. (d) Each submarine hose used in cargo transfer operations in a SPM-CTS must have been removed from its coupling, surfaced, and examined as described in paragraphs (c)(2) and (c)(3) of this section within the preceding 2 years for oil or 15 months for natural gas; and (e) Before resuming cargo transfer operations, each submarine hose in a SPM-CTS must be visually examined in place as described in paragraph (c)(3) of this section after cargo transfer operations are shut down due to sea conditions at the deepwater port.
Title 33: Navigation and Navigable Waters
PART 150—DEEPWATER PORTS: OPERATIONS
Subpart E—Cargo Transfer Operations
§ 150.405 How must a Cargo Transfer System (CTS) be tested and inspected?
