---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 108.237"
title: "46"
number: "108.237"
heading: "Fuel storage facilities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/108.237"
---

# §108.237. Fuel storage facilities.

- (a) Helicopter fuel storage tanks must be installed as far as practicable from—
  - (1) The landing area; and
  - (2) **Each source of vapor ignition.**
- (b) Independent tanks must meet [Subpart 58.50](/cfr/46/subpart58.50.md) of this Chapter.
- (c) Marine portable fuel stowage tanks must meet [Part 64](/cfr/46/part64.md) of this chapter.
- (d) Each marine portable fuel stowage tank must have a means to contain fuel spills or leaks.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 73-251, 43 FR 56808, Dec. 4, 1978, as amended by USCG-1999-6216, 64 FR 53226, Oct. 1, 1999]

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3102, 3306; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 73-251, 43 FR 56808, Dec. 4, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 73-251, 43 FR 56808, Dec. 4, 1978, as amended by USCG-1999-6216, 64 FR 53226, Oct. 1, 1999]