(a) No person may transfer a product to or from a vessel unless there is a container or enclosed deck area that meets the requirements of this section under or around each transfer connection area.

(b) Each container or enclosed deck area must hold, in all conditions of vessel list or trim to be encountered during the transferring operation, 5 gallons or more and must have a means of draining or removing any leakage without mixing incompatible products or discharging into the water.

[CGD 73-172, 39 FR 22954, June 25, 1974. Redesignated by USCG-2011-0088, 78 FR 54785, Sept. 6, 2013]