---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 127.319"
title: "33"
number: "127.319"
heading: "LNG transfer."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/127.319"
---

# §127.319. LNG transfer.


During LNG transfer operations, the following must be met:

- (a) The operator of the waterfront facility handling LNG must ensure that—
  - (1) The marine transfer area for LNG is under the supervision of a person in charge, who has no other assigned duties during the transfer operation;
  - (2) Personnel transferring fuel or oily waste are not involved in LNG transfer; and
  - (3) **No vessels are moored outboard of any LNG vessel without the permission of the COTP.**
- (b) **The person in charge of shoreside transfer operations must—**
  - (1) Be in continuous communication with the person in charge of transfer operations on the vessel;
  - (2) Ensure that an inspection of the transfer piping and equipment for leaks, frost, defects, and other symptoms of safety and operational problems is conducted at least once every transfer;
  - (3) **Ensure that transfer operations are discontinued—**
    - (i) Before electrical storms or uncontrolled fires are adjacent to the marine transfer area for LNG; and
    - (ii) As soon as a fire is detected; and
  - (4) **Ensure that the lighting systems are turned on between sunset and sunrise.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 78-038, 53 FR 3376, Feb. 7, 1988, as amended by CGD 88-049, 60 FR 39796, Aug. 3, 1995; USCG-2019-0444, 87 FR 5691, Feb. 2, 2022]

### 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 39796, Aug. 3, 1995; USCG-2019-0444, 87 FR 5691, Feb. 2, 2022]