---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 156.118"
title: "33"
number: "156.118"
heading: "Advance notice of transfer."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/156.118"
---

# §156.118. Advance notice of transfer.

- (a) The COTP may require a facility operator to notify the COTP of the time and place of each transfer operation at least 4 hours before it begins for facilities that:
  - (1) Are mobile;
  - (2) Are in a remote location;
  - (3) Have a prior history of oil or hazardous material spills; or
  - (4) **Conduct infrequent transfer operations.**
- (b) In the case of a vessel to vessel transfer, the COTP may require a vessel operator of a lightering or fueling vessel to notify the COTP of the time and place of each transfer operation, as specified by the COTP, at least 4 hours before it begins.
- (c) No person may conduct such transfer operations until advance notice has been given as specified by the COTP.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 75-124, 45 FR 7177, Jan. 31, 1980, as amended by CGD 86-034, 55 FR 36255, Sept. 4, 1990]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j); 46 U.S.C. 3703, 3703a, 3715, 70011, 70034; E.O. 11735, 3 CFR 1971-1975 Comp., p. 793; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2.

### Amendments

[CGD 75-124, 45 FR 7177, Jan. 31, 1980, as amended by CGD 86-034, 55 FR 36255, Sept. 4, 1990]