§ 150.423 - Limitations.

No person may transfer oil at a deepwater port:

(a) Unless a Port Superintendent is on duty at the port;

(b) During a severe electrical storm in the vicinity of the deepwater port;

(c) During a fire at the deepwater port, receiving terminal on shore, or aboard a vessel berthed at the deepwater port, unless it is determined by the Port Superintendent that an oil transfer should be resumed as a safety measure;

(d) Unless there are personnel and equipment at the port, not presently engaged in discharge containment and removal operations, sufficient to contain and remove the discharges specified in § 149.319(a);

(e) By lighterage, except in bunkering operations, unless otherwise authorized by the Captain of the Port; or

(f) Unless the weather conditions at the port meet the minimum operating conditions prescribed in the Operations Manual for transferring oil at the port.