---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 183.564"
title: "33"
number: "183.564"
heading: "Fuel tank fill system."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/183.564"
---

# §183.564. Fuel tank fill system.

- (a) Each fuel fill opening must be located so that a gasoline overflow of up to five gallons per minute for at least five seconds will not enter the boat when the boat is in its static floating position.
- (b) Each hose in the tank fill system must be secured to a pipe, spud, or hose fitting by:
  - (1) A swaged sleeve;
  - (2) A sleeve and threaded insert; or
  - (3) Two adjacent metallic hose clamps that do not depend solely on the spring tension of the clamps for compressive force.
- (c) Each hose clamp in the tank fill system must be used with a hose designed for clamps.
- (d) **Hose clamps used in the tank fill system must—**
  - (1) Have a minimum nominal band width of at least one-half inch; and
  - (2) **Be over the hose and the spud, pipe, or hose fitting.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 74-209, 42 FR 5950, Jan. 31, 1977, as amended by CGD 81-092, 48 FR 55737, Dec. 15, 1983]

### Source

Source: CGD 74-209, 42 FR 5950, Jan. 31, 1977, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 4302; Pub. L. 103-206, 107 Stat. 2439; and Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1, para. II, (92)(b). Subpart E is also authorized by Pub. L. 114-120, 130 Stat. 27

### Source

Source: CGD 72-61R, 37 FR 15782, Aug. 4, 1972, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 74-209, 42 FR 5950, Jan. 31, 1977, as amended by CGD 81-092, 48 FR 55737, Dec. 15, 1983]