---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 127.609"
title: "33"
number: "127.609"
heading: "Dry chemical systems."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/127.609"
---

# §127.609. Dry chemical systems.

- (a) Each marine transfer area for LNG must have a dry chemical system that provides at least two dry chemical discharges to the area surrounding the loading arms, one of which must be—
  - (1) From a monitor; and
  - (2) Actuated and, except for pre-aimed monitors, controlled from a location other than the monitor location.
- (b) The dry chemical system must have the capacity to supply simultaneously or sequentially each hose or monitor in the system for 45 seconds.
- (c) Each dry chemical hose station must have at least one length of hose that—
  - (1) Is on a hose rack or reel; and
  - (2) **Has a nozzle with a valve that starts and stops the flow of dry chemical.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 78-038, 53 FR 3376, Feb. 7, 1988, as amended at CGD 88-049, 60 FR 39796, 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 at CGD 88-049, 60 FR 39796, Aug. 3, 1995]