{"data":{"id":"us/33-cfr-127.005","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"33 CFR 127.005","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this part:\nActive means accomplishing the transfer of LHG or LNG, or scheduling one to occur, within 12 months of the current date.\nCaptain of the Port (COTP) means the Coast Guard officer designated by the Commandant to command a Captain of the Port Zone as described in part 3 of this chapter, or an authorized representative.\nCommandant means the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard or an authorized representative.\nControl room means a space within the LNG waterfront facility from which facility operations are controlled.\nDistrict Commander means the Coast Guard officer designated by the Commandant to command a Coast Guard District as described in part 3 of this chapter, or an authorized representative.\nEnvironmentally sensitive areas include public parks and recreation areas, wildlife and waterfowl refuges, fishing grounds, wetlands, other areas deemed to be of high value to fish and wildlife resources, historic sites, and other protected areas.\nExisting as applied to a waterfront facility means a facility handling LNG constructed or being constructed under a contract awarded before June 2, 1988, or a facility handling LHG constructed or being constructed under a contract awarded before January 30, 1996.\nFacility means either a waterfront facility handling LHG or a waterfront facility handling LNG, and includes LNG fuel facilities.\nFire endurance rating means the duration for which an assembly or structural unit will contain a fire or retain structural integrity when exposed to the temperatures specified in the standard time-temperature curve in ASTM E119-20 (incorporated by reference, see § 127.003).\nFlammable product means a product indicated by the letter “F” or by the letters “F + T” in Table 127.005.\nInactive means not active.\nImpounding space means a space formed by dikes and floors that confines a spill of LHG or LNG.\nLHG means liquefied hazardous gas.\nLHG vessel means a vessel constructed or converted to carry LHG, in bulk.\nLiquefied hazardous gas (LHG) means a liquid containing one or more of the products listed in Table 127.005.\nLiquefied natural gas (LNG) means a liquid or semisolid consisting mostly of methane and small quantities of ethane, propane, nitrogen, or other natural gases.\nLiquefied petroleum gas (LPG) means a liquid consisting mostly of propane or butane or both.\nLNG means liquefied natural gas.\nLNG fuel facility means a waterfront facility that handles LNG for the sole purpose of providing LNG from shore-based structures to vessels for use as a marine fuel, and that does not transfer LNG to or receive LNG from vessels capable of carrying LNG in bulk as cargo.\nLNG vessel means a vessel constructed or converted to carry LNG, in bulk.\nLoading flange means the connection or group of connections in the cargo transfer pipeline on the facility that connects the facility pipeline to the vessel pipeline.\nMarine transfer area for LHG means that part of a waterfront facility handling LHG between the vessel, or where the vessel moors, and the first shutoff valve on the pipeline immediately inland of the terminal manifold or loading arm, including the entire part of a pier or wharf used to serve LHG vessels.\nMarine transfer area for LNG means that part of a waterfront facility handling LNG between the vessel, or where the vessel moors, and the last manifold or valve immediately before the receiving tanks.\nMating flange means that flange in the product-transfer pipeline on a waterfront facility handling LHG or a waterfront facility handling LNG that connects this pipeline to the pipeline or transfer hose of the vessel.\nMAWP means maximum allowable working pressure.\nMaximum allowable working pressure (MAWP) means the maximum gauge pressure permissible at the top of equipment, containers, or pressure vessels while operating at design temperature.\nNew as applied to a waterfront facility means a facility handling LNG constructed or being constructed under a contract awarded on or after June 2, 1988, or a facility handling LHG constructed or being constructed under a contract awarded on or after January 30, 1996.\nPerson in charge of transfer operations on the vessel is the person designated the person in charge of cargo transfer under 46 CFR 154.1831.\nRelease means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing into the environment, except a minor release of LHG or its vapor, that may occur during the routine handling of LHG. No release is minor if it creates an atmosphere that exceeds the Lower Flammable Limit (LFL) for a flammable product or any Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) listed in 29 CFR 1910.1000, Table Z-1 or Z-2, for a toxic product.\nSubstructure means the deck of a pier or wharf and the structural components below that deck.\nToxic product means a product indicated by the letter “T” or by the letters “F + T” in Table 127.005.\nWaterfront facility handling LHG means any structure on, in, or under the navigable waters of the United States, or any structure on land or any area on shore immediately adjacent to such waters, used or capable of being used to transfer liquefied hazardous gas, in bulk, to or from a vessel.\nWaterfront facility handling LNG means any structure on, in, or under the navigable waters of the United States, or any structure on land or any area on shore immediately adjacent to such waters, used or capable of being used to transfer liquefied natural gas, in bulk, to or from a vessel.\nTable 127.005—List of Products and Hazards\nProduct Hazard\nAcetaldehyde F + T\nAmmonia, anhydrous T\nButadiene F\nButanes F\nButane and propane (mixtures) F\nButylenes F\nChlorine T\nDimethylamine F + T\nEthane F\nEthyl chloride F + T\nEthylene F\nEthylene oxide F + T\nMethyl-acetylene and propadiene (mixtures) F\nMethyl bromide F + T\nMethyl chloride F + T\nPropane F\nPropylene F\nSulphur dioxide T\nVinyl chloride F + T\nNote: “F” indicates a flammable product. “T” indicates a toxic product. “F + T” indicates a product both flammable and toxic.","path":["Title 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters","CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","SUBCHAPTER L—WATERFRONT FACILITIES","PART 127—WATERFRONT FACILITIES HANDLING LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS AND LIQUEFIED HAZARDOUS GAS","Subpart A—General"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-33.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:35Z","sha256":"d78af7e7da0007f0f8759bc6fd6f13c794ebd6d7add38307d272f113a3ca45bb","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/33-cfr-127.003","next":"us/33-cfr-127.007"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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