🔍 Key Concepts

• 46 CFR requirements for oil transfer procedures on vessels with 250 barrels (39.7 m³) or more of oil capacity • What specifically must be written into transfer procedures versus what is covered in other plans (e.g., SOPEP or vessel response plans) • The difference between piping/valve arrangements and emergency/spill response procedures

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: Are oil transfer procedures mainly about how to move oil safely through the system, or how to deal with emergencies after something goes wrong? • Which of the listed items is explicitly required to be in the written transfer procedures, and which are usually addressed in separate fire or spill plans? • Could any of the options be "extra" safety info that is good to have, but not actually mandated by the transfer procedure regulation?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify in 46 CFR 155 (and related parts) what is specifically listed as required contents of oil transfer procedures for vessels over 250 barrels • Check whether fire-fighting procedures are normally found in a fire control plan/emergency response plan rather than in the transfer procedures • Check whether detailed spill cleanup procedures are required in oil pollution response plans instead of the basic transfer procedures document