---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 127.109"
title: "33"
number: "127.109"
heading: "Lighting systems."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/127.109"
---

# §127.109. Lighting systems.

- (a) The marine transfer area for LNG must have a lighting system and separate emergency lighting.
- (b) All outdoor lighting must be located or shielded so that it is not confused with any aids to navigation and does not interfere with navigation on the adjacent waterways.
- (c) The lighting system must provide an average illumination on a horizontal plane one meter (3.3 feet) above the deck that is—
  - (1) 54 lux (five foot-candles) at any loading flange; and
  - (2) 11 lux (one foot-candle) at each work area.
- (d) The emergency lighting must provide lighting for the operation of the—
  - (1) Emergency shutdown system;
  - (2) Communications equipment; and
  - (3) **Firefighting equipment.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 78-038, 53 FR 3376, Feb. 7, 1988, as amended by CGD 88-049, 60 FR 39795, Aug. 3, 1995]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1504(j)(2); 46 U.S.C. 70011 and 70034; 46 U.S.C. Chapter 701; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2, paragraph (II)(92)(a).

### Source

Source: CGD 78-038, 53 FR 3376, Feb. 7, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 78-038, 53 FR 3376, Feb. 7, 1988, as amended by CGD 88-049, 60 FR 39795, Aug. 3, 1995]