Section 18 AAC 75.429 - Equipment, training, personnel, and fuel transfer requirements for noncrude oil tank vessel or barge streamlined plans(a) A noncrude oil tank vessel or barge that has an approved streamlined plan must maintain the following equipment on board:(1) sorbent boom, not less than six times the length of the vessel and at least five inches in height, and equipment necessary to secure it;(2) a vessel capable of deploying the sorbent boom required under (1) of this subsection;(3) sorbent sweep not less than the length of the vessel; and(b) At least two personnel trained in the deployment of the equipment listed in (a) of this section must be on board the vessel or an accompanying tug during transit or a transfer of oil.(c) Trained personnel shall use the equipment listed in (a) of this section to immediately mitigate and minimize a discharge until the streamlined plan cleanup contractor identified in the plan arrives.(d) Trained personnel shall be familiar with the vessel's file transfer procedures and take all appropriate measures to prevent spills or overfilling during a transfer of oil including the following fuel transfer procedures: (1) ensure that each person involved in a transfer is capable of clearly communicating orders to stop a transfer at any time during the transfer;(2) provide a positive means to stop a file transfer in the shortest possible time;(3) provide containment under all connections along the transfer hose and systems;(4) ensure that all valves in the transfer system have been checked, and that all manifolds not in use are blank flanged or capped before each transfer;(5) inspect for damage or defects all piping and hoses used in the transfer before each transfer; and(6) reduce loading rates at the beginning and end of a transfer.Eff. 11/7/2020, Register 236, January 2021; am 2/5/2023, Register 245, April 2023Authority:AS 46.03.020
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