Regulations last checked for updates: Jan 30, 2025

Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters last revised: Jan 18, 2025
§ 149.125 - What are the requirements for the malfunction detection system?

(a) Each oil and natural gas system, between a pumping platform complex and the shore, must have a system that can detect and locate leaks and other malfunctions, particularly in high-risk areas.

(b) The marine transfer area on an oil deepwater port must be equipped with a monitoring system in accordance with § 154.525 of this chapter.

(c) A natural gas deepwater port must be equipped with gas detection equipment adequate for the type of transfer system, including storage and regasification, used. The Commandant (CG-5P) will evaluate proposed leak-detection systems for natural gas on an individual basis.

[USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, as amended by USCG-2013-0397, 78 FR 39178, July 1, 2013]
authority: 33 U.S.C. 1504,1509; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4
source: USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 33 CFR 149.125