---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 156.125"
title: "33"
number: "156.125"
heading: "Discharge cleanup."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/156.125"
---

# §156.125. Discharge cleanup.

- (a) Each person conducting the transfer operation shall stop the transfer operation whenever oil or hazardous material from any source is discharged:
  - (1) In the transfer operation work area; or
  - (2) **Into the water or upon the adjoining shoreline in the transfer area.**
- (b) Except as permitted under [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section, no person may resume the transfer operation after it has been stopped under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, unless:
  - (1) Oil or hazardous material discharged in the transfer operation work area is cleaned up; and
  - (2) Oil or hazardous material discharged into the water or upon the adjoining shoreline is cleaned up, or is contained and being cleaned up.
- (c) The COTP may authorize resuming the transfer operation if it is deemed appropriate.

## 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]