---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 156.130"
title: "33"
number: "156.130"
heading: "Connection."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/156.130"
---

# §156.130. Connection.

- (a) **Each person who makes a connection for transfer operations shall—**
  - (1) Use suitable material in joints and couplings to ensure a leak-free seal;
  - (2) Use a bolt in at least every other hole, and in no case less than four bolts, in each temporary bolted connection that uses a flange that meets American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard flange requirements under [§ 154.500(d)(2)](/cfr/33/154.500.md?p=d-2) of this chapter;
  - (3) Use a bolt in each hole in each temporary bolted connection that uses a flange other than one that meets ANSI standards;
  - (4) Use a bolt in each hole of each permanently connected flange;
  - (5) Use bolts of the correct size in each bolted connection; and
  - (6) Tighten each bolt and nut uniformly to distribute the load and sufficiently to ensure a leak free seal.
- (b) A person who makes a connection for transfer operations must not use any bolt that shows signs of strain or is elongated or deteriorated.
- (c) Except as provided in [paragraph (d)](#d) of this section, no person may use a connection for transfer operations unless it is:
  - (1) A bolted or full threaded connection; or
  - (2) **A quick-connect coupling acceptable to the Commandant.**
- (d) No person may transfer oil or hazardous material to a vessel that has a fill pipe for which containment cannot practically be provided unless an automatic back pressure shutoff nozzle is used.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 75-124, 45 FR 7177, Jan. 31, 1980, as amended by CGD 86-034, 55 FR 36256, 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 36256, Sept. 4, 1990]