---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 154.538"
title: "46"
number: "154.538"
heading: "Cargo transfer connection."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/154.538"
---

# §154.538. Cargo transfer connection.


A cargo transfer connection must have a:

- (a) Remotely controlled quick-closing shut-off valve that meets §§ [154.540](/cfr/46/154.540.md) and [154.544](/cfr/46/154.544.md); or
- (b) **Blank flange.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3703, 9101; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 74-289, 44 FR 26009, May 3, 1979, unless otherwise noted.