33 CFR § 127.1109 - Lighting systems.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s127.1109"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 127.1109 - Lighting systems."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "127.1109"
section_name: "Lighting systems."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "L"
subchapter_name: "WATERFRONT FACILITIES"
part_number: "127"
part_name: "WATERFRONT FACILITIES HANDLING LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS AND LIQUEFIED HAZARDOUS GAS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "33 U.S.C. 1504(j)(2); 46 U.S.C. 70011 and 70034; 46 U.S.C. Chapter 701; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2, paragraph (II)(92)(a)."
regulatory_source: "CGD 78-038, 53 FR 3376, Feb. 7, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "127"
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# 127.1109 Lighting systems.

(a) Each waterfront facility handling LHG, at which transfers of LHG take place between sunset and sunrise, must have outdoor lighting that illuminates the marine transfer area for LHG.

(b) All outdoor lighting must be located or shielded so that it cannot be mistaken for any aids to navigation and does not interfere with navigation on the adjacent waterways.

(c) The outdoor lighting must provide a minimum average illumination on a horizontal plane 1 meter (3.3 feet) above the walking surface of the marine transfer area that is—

(1) 54 lux (5 foot-candles) at any loading flange; and

(2) 11 lux (1 foot-candle) for the remainder of the marine transfer area for LHG.