33 CFR § 127.301 - Persons in charge of shoreside transfer operations: Qualifications and certification.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s127.301"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 127.301 - Persons in charge of shoreside transfer operations: Qualifications and certification."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "127.301"
section_name: "Persons in charge of shoreside transfer operations: Qualifications and certification."
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: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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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# 127.301 Persons in charge of shoreside transfer operations: Qualifications and certification.
(a) No person may serve, and the operator of the waterfront facility handling LNG may not use the services of any person, as a person in charge of shoreside transfer operations, unless that person—
(1) Has at least 48 hours of LNG transfer experience;
(2) Knows the hazards of LNG;
(3) Knows the rules of this subpart; and
(4) Knows the procedures in the examined *Operations Manual* and the examined *Emergency Manual.*
(b) Before a person in charge of shoreside transfer operations supervises a transfer, the operator must certify in writing that the criteria in paragraph (a) of this section are met. The operator must maintain a copy of each current certification available for inspection at the waterfront facility handling LNG.
[CGD 78-038, 53 FR 3376, Feb. 7, 1988, as amended by CGD 88-049, 60 FR 39796, Aug. 3, 1995; 87 FR 5691, Feb. 2, 2022]