---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 159.127"
title: "33"
number: "159.127"
heading: "Safety coliform count: Recirculating devices."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/159.127"
---

# §159.127. Safety coliform count: Recirculating devices.


Thirty-eight of forty samples of flush fluid from a recirculating device must have less than 240 fecal coliform bacteria per 100 milliliters. These samples must be collected in accordance with [§ 159.123(b)](/cfr/33/159.123.md?p=b) and tested in accordance with [40 CFR part 136](/cfr/40/part136.md).


## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 73-83, 40 FR 4624, Jan. 30, 1975, as amended by CGD 75-213, 41 FR 15326, Apr. 12, 1976]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1322(b)(1); 49 CFR 1.45(b). Subpart E also issued under authority of sec. 1(a)(4), Pub. L. 106-554, 114 Stat. 2763; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 73-83, 40 FR 4624, Jan. 30, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 73-83, 40 FR 4624, Jan. 30, 1975, as amended by CGD 75-213, 41 FR 15326, Apr. 12, 1976]