---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 155.700"
title: "33"
number: "155.700"
heading: "Designation of person in charge."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/155.700"
---

# §155.700. Designation of person in charge.


Each operator or agent of a vessel with a capacity of 250 or more barrels of fuel oil, cargo oil, hazardous material, or liquefied gas as regulated in Table 4 of [46 CFR part 154](/cfr/46/part154.md), or each person who arranges for and hires a person to be in charge of a transfer of fuel oil, of a transfer of liquid cargo in bulk, or of cargo-tank cleaning, shall designate, either by name or by position in the crew, the person in charge (PIC) of each transfer to or from the vessel and of each tank-cleaning.


## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 79-116, 62 FR 25126, May 8, 1997]

### Authority

Authority: 3 U.S.C. 301 through 303; 33 U.S.C. 1321(j), 1903(b), 2735; 46 U.S.C. 70011; 70034; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4. Section 155.1020 also issued under section 316 of Pub. L. 114-120. Section 155.480 also issued under section 4110(b) of Pub. L. 101-380.

### Amendments

[CGD 79-116, 62 FR 25126, May 8, 1997]