33 CFR § 127.617 - Hotwork.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s127.617"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 127.617 - Hotwork."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "127.617"
section_name: "Hotwork."
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"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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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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# 127.617 Hotwork.

The operator must ensure that no person conducts welding, torch cutting, or other hotwork unless that person has a permit from the COTP.

[CGD 78-038, 53 FR 3376, Feb. 7, 1988, as amended by USCG-2019-0444, 87 FR 5691, Feb. 2, 2022]