GroundRules
33 CFR 126.16: Conditions for designating a “facility of particular hazard.”
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters
- CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
- SUBCHAPTER L—WATERFRONT FACILITIES
- PART 126—HANDLING OF DANGEROUS CARGO AT WATERFRONT FACILITIES
(a) Basic requirements. The facility shall comply with all the conditions in § 126.15 except where specifically waived by § 126.11.
(b) Warning alarms. Warning alarms shall be installed at the waterside of such a facility to warn approaching or transiting water traffic of immediate danger in the event of fire or cargo release. Warning alarms shall be of the siren type, or the emergency rotating flashing light type, and be of sufficient intensity to be heard, or seen, a distance of 1 mile during normal facility working conditions. The alarm signal shall not conflict with local municipal prescription.
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