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(continued) e in wind speeds up to 100 knots at a rotation rate that is within 6 percent of the operating speed displayed on the beacon;
(e) Have one or more leveling indicators permanently attached to the light, each with an accuracy of 0.25, or better; and
(f) Be located:
(1) At least 60 feet above mean high water;
(2) Where the structure of the platform, or equipment mounted on the platform, does not obstruct the light in any direction; and
(3) So that it is visible all around the horizon.
Lights on Single Point Moorings (SPM)
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§ 149.540 What are the requirements for obstruction lights on an SPM?
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(a) The lights for a single point mooring (SPM) must meet the requirements for obstruction lights in part 67 of this chapter, except that the lights must be located at least 10 feet above mean high water.
(b) A submerged turret loading (STL) deepwater port is not required to meet the requirements for obstruction lights, provided it maintains at least a five-foot clearance beneath the net under-keel clearance for all vessels, at the mean low water condition, transiting the area.
(c) An STL deepwater port that utilizes a marker buoy must be lighted in accordance with paragraph (a) of this section.
Lights on Floating Hose Strings
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§ 149.550 What are the requirements for lights on a floating hose string?
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Hose strings that are floating or supported on trestles shall display the following lights at night and in periods of restricted visibility.
(a) One row of yellow lights. The lights must be:
(1) Flashing 50 to 70 times per minute;
(2) Visible all around the horizon;
(3) Visible for at least 2 miles on a clear, dark night;
(4) Not less than 1 and not more than 3.5 meters above the water;
(5) Approximately equally spaced; and
(6) Not more than 10 meters apart where the hose string crosses a navigable channel, and, also, where the hose string does not cross a navigable channel, the lights must be sufficient in number to clearly show the hose string's length and course.
(b) Two red lights at each end of the hose string, including the ends in a channel where the hose string is separated to allow vessels to pass, whether open or closed. The lights must be:
(1) Visible all around the horizon;
(2) Visible for at least 2 miles on a clear, dark night; and
(3) One meter apart in a vertical line with the lower light at the same height above the water as the flashing yellow light.
Lights on Buoys Used To Define Traffic Lanes
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§ 149.560 How must buoys used to define traffic lanes be marked and lighted?
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(a) Each buoy that is used to define the lateral boundaries of a traffic lane at a deepwater port must meet 62.25 of this chapter.
(b) The buoy must have an omni-directional light located at least 8 feet above the water.
(c) The buoy light must be located so that the structure of the buoy, or any other device mounted on the buoy, does not obstruct the light in any direction.
§ 149.565 What are the required characteristics and intensity of lights on buoys used to define traffic lanes?
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(a) The color of the light on a buoy that is used to define the lateral boundaries of a traffic lane must correspond with the color schemes for buoys in §62.25 of this chapter.
(b) The buoy light may be fixed or flashing. If it is flashing, it must flash at intervals of not more than 6 seconds.
(c) Buoy lights must have an effective intensity of at least 25 candela.
Miscellaneous
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§ 149.570 How is a platform, SPM, or STL identified?
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(a) Each platform, SPM, or STL (protruding above the water/marked by a buoy) must display the name of the deepwater port and the name or number identifying the structure, so that the information is visible:
(1) From the water at all angles of approach to the structure; and
(2) If the structure is equipped with a helicopter pad, from aircraft on approach to the structure.
(b) The information required in paragraph (a) of this section must be displayed in numbers and letters that are:
(1) At least 12 inches high;
(2) In vertical block style; and
(3) Displayed against a contrasting background.
(c) If a STL protrudes from the water, it must be properly illuminated in accordance with §149.540.
§ 149.575 How must objects protruding from the water, other than platforms and SPMs, be marked?
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(a) Each object protruding from the water that is within 100 yards of a platform or SPM must be marked with white reflective tape.
(b) Each object protruding from the water that is more than 100 yards from a platform or SPM must meet the obstruction lighting requirements in this subpart for a platform.
§ 149.580 What are the requirements for a radar beacon?
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(a) A radar beacon must be located on the tallest platform of a pumping platform complex or other fixed structure of the deepwater port.
(b) The beacon must meet the following:
(1) Be an FCC-type-accepted radar beacon (RACON);
(2) Transmit:
(i) In both the 2900–3100 MHz and 9300–9500 MHz frequency bands; or
(ii) If installed before July 8, 1991, in the 9320–9500 MHz frequency band;
(3) Transmit a signal of at least 250 milliwatts radiated power that is omni-directional and polarized in the horizontal plane;
(4) Transmit a two or more element Morse code character, the length of which does not exceed 25 percent of the radar range expected to be used by vessels operating in the area;
(5) If of the frequency agile type, be programmed so that it will respond, at least 40 percent of the time, but not more than 90 percent of the time, with a response time duration of at least 24 seconds; and
(6) Be located at a minimum height of 15 feet above the highest deck of the platform and where the structure of the platform, or equipment mounted on the platform, does not obstruct the signal propagation in any direction.
§ 149.585 What are the requirements for sound signals?
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(a) Each pumping platform complex must have a sound signal, approved under subpart 67.10 of this chapter, that has a 2-mile (3-kilometer) range. A list of Coast Guard approved sound signals is available from any District Commander.
(b) Each sound signal must be:
(1) Located at least 10 feet but not more than 150 feet above mean high water; and
(2) Located where the structure of the platform, or equipment mounted on it, does not obstruct the sound of the signal in any direction.
Subpart F—Design and Equipment
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General
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§ 149.600 What does this subpart do?
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This subpart provides general requirements for equipment and design on deepwater ports.
§ 149.610 What must the District Commander be notified of and when?
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The District Commander must be notified of the following:
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The District Commander must
When_ be notified_
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(a) Construction of a pipeline, platform, At least 30 days before
or SPM is planned. construction begins.
(b) Construction of a pipeline, platform, Within 24 hours, from the
or SPM begins. date construction begins,
that the lights and sound
signals are in use at the
construction site.
(c) A light or sound signal is changed Within 24 hours of the
during construction. change.
(d) Lights or sound signals used during Within 24 hours of the
construction of a platform, buoy, or SPM replacement.
are replaced by permanent fixtures to
meet the requirements of this part.
(e) The first cargo transfer operation At least 60 days before the
begins. operation.
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§ 149.615 What construction drawings and specifications are required?
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(a) To show compliance with the Act and this subchapter, the licensee must submit to the Commandant (G-M) three copies of:
(1) Each construction drawing and specification; and
(2) Each revision to a drawing and specification.
(b) Each drawing, specification, and revision under paragraph (a) of this section must bear the seal, or a facsimile imprint of the seal, of the registered professional engineer responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the material.
§ 149.620 What happens when the Commandant (G-M) reviews and evaluates the construction drawings and specifications?
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(a) The Commandant (G-M) may concurrently review and evaluate construction drawings and specifications with the Marine Safety Center and other federal agencies having technical expertise (such as RSPA and FERC) in order to ensure compliance with the Act and this subchapter.
(b) Construction may not begin until the drawings and specifications are approved by the Commandant (G-M).
(c) Once construction begins, the Coast Guard periodically inspects the construction site to ensure that the construction complies with the drawings and specifications approved under paragraph (b) of this section.
(d) When construction is complete, the licensee must submit two complete sets of as-built drawings and specifications to the Commandant (G-M).
§ 149.625 What are the design standards?
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(a) Each component, except for hoses, mooring lines, and aids to navigation buoys, must be designed to withstand at least the combined wind, wave, and current forces of the most severe storm that can be expected to occur at the deepwater port in any 100-year period. Component design must be appropriate for the protection of human life on the port or on vessels calling on or servicing the port from death or serious injury, and to protect the environment.
(b) Heliports on floating deepwater ports must be designed in compliance with the regulations at 46 CFR part 108.
Structural Fire-Protection
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§ 149.640 What are the requirements for systems fire-protection?
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Manned deepwater ports built after January 1, 2004 and manned deepwater ports that undergo major conversions must comply with the requirements for structural fire-protection outlined in this subpart.
§ 149.641 What are the requirements for structural fire-protection for deepwater ports in accommodation spaces and modules?
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(a) Accommodations spaces and modules must be designed, located, and constructed so as to minimize the effects of flame, excess heat, or blast effects caused by fires and explosions; and to provide safe refuge from fires and explosions for personnel for the minimum time needed to evacuate the space.
(b) This requirement may be met by complying with the applicable portions of 46 CFR part 108, provided that:
(1) The exterior boundaries of superstructures and deckhouses enclosing these spaces and modules, including any overhanging deck that supports these spaces and modules, are constructed to the A–60 standard defined in 46 CFR 108.131(b)(2) for any portion that faces, and is within 100 feet of, the platform hydrocarbon source; and
(2) The ventilation system must have a means of shutting down the system and an alarm at a manned location that sounds when any hazardous or toxic substance enters the system.
(c) As an alternative to paragraph (b) of this section, the requirement imposed by this section may be met by complying with a national consensus standard, as that term is defined in 29 CFR 1910.2, for the structural fire-protection of accommodation spaces and modules, and that complies with the standards set by a nationally recognized testing laboratory, as that term is defined by 29 CFR 1910.7, for such protection, provided that:
(1) All such spaces and modules on manned ports are provided with automatic fire-detection and alarm systems. The alarm system must signal a normally manned area both visually and audibly, and be divided into zones to limit the area covered by a particular alarm signal;
(2) Sleeping quarters are fitted with smoke detectors that have local alarms that may, or may not, be connected with the central alarm panel; and
(3) Independent fire walls are constructed and installed so as to be of size and orientation sufficient to protect the exterior surfaces of the spaces or modules from extreme radiant heat flux levels and provide the A–60 standard defined in 46 CFR 108.131(b)(2).
Single Point Moorings
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§ 149.650 What are the requirements for single point moorings and their attached hoses?
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Each SPM and its attached hose must be designed appropriately for the protection of the environment and for durability under combined wind, wave, and current forces of the most severe storm that can be expected to occur at the port in any 100-year period. The appropriateness of a design may be shown by its compliance with standards generally used within the offshore industry that are at least equivalent, in protecting the environment, to the standards in use on January 1, 2003, by the American Bureau of Shipping or another recognized classification society.
Helicopter Fueling Facilities
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§ 149.655 What are the requirements for helicopter fueling facilities?
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Helicopter fueling facilities must comply with 46 CFR 108.489 or an equivalent standard.
Emergency Power
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§ 149.660 What are the requirements for emergency power?
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(a) Each pumping platform complex must have emergency power equipment to provide power to operate simultaneously all of the following for a continuous period of 18 hours:
(1) Emergency lighting circuits;
(2) Aids to navigation equipment;
(3) Communications equipment;
(4) Radar equipment;
(5) Alarm systems;
(6) Electrically operated fire pumps; and
(7) Other electrical equipment identified as emergency equipment in the operations manual for the deepwater port.
(b) No emergency power generating equipment may be located in any enclosed space on a platform that contains oil or natural gas transfer pumping equipment or other power generating equipment.
General Alarm System
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§ 149.665 What are the requirements for a general alarm system?
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Each pumping platform complex must have a general alarm system that meets the following:
(a) Is capable of being activated manually by the use of alarm boxes;
(b) Is audible in all parts of the pumping platform complex, except in areas of high ambient noise levels where hearing protection is required under §150.613 of this chapter; and
(c) Has a high intensity flashing light in areas where hearing protection is used.
§ 149.670 What are the requirements for marking a general alarm system?
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Each of the following must be marked with the words “GENERAL ALARM” in yellow letters at least 1-inch high on a red background:
(a) Each general alarm box; and
(b) Each audio or visual device under §149.665 for signaling the general alarm.
Public Address System
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§ 149.675 What are the requirements for the public address system?
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Each pumping platform complex must have a public address system operable from two locations on the complex.
Medical Treatment Rooms
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§ 149.680 What are the requirements for medical treatment rooms?
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Each deepwater port with sleeping spaces for 12 or more persons, including persons in accommodation modules, must have a medical treatment room that has:
(a) A sign at the entrance designating it as a medical treatment room;
(b) An entrance that is wide enough and arranged to readily admit a person on a stretcher;
(c) A single berth or examination table that is accessible from both sides; and
(d) A washbasin located in the room.
§ 149.685 May a medical treatment room be used for other purposes?
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A medical treatment room may be used as a sleeping space if the room meets the requirements of this subpart for both medical treatment rooms and sleeping spaces. It may also be used as an office. However, when used for medical purposes, the room may not be used as a sleeping space or office.
Miscellaneous
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§ 149.690 What are the requirements for means of escape, personnel landings, guardrails, and similar devices and for noise limits?
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Each deepwater port must comply with the requirements for means of escape, personnel landings, guardrails and similar devices, and noise limits as outlined in §§149.691 through 149.699.
Means of Escape
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§ 149.691 What means of escape are required?
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(a) Each deepwater port must have the primary and secondary means of escape complying with 46 CFR 108.151 for use in evacuating the port.
(b) A primary means of escape consists of a fixed stairway, or a fixed ladder, constructed of steel.
(c) A secondary means of escape consists of a marine evacuation system, a portable flexible ladder, a knotted manrope, or a similar device determined by the OCMI to provide an equivalent or better means of escape.
(d) Where a secondary means of escape is required, a primary means of escape may be substituted.
§ 149.692 Where must they be located?
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(a) Each means of escape must be easily accessible to personnel for rapidly evacuating the deepwater port.
(b) When two or more means of escape are installed, at least two must be located as nearly diagonally opposite each other as practicable.
(c) The following spaces, with a floor area of 300 square feet or more, must have at least two exits as widely spaced as possible:
(1) Each accommodation space; and
(2) Each space that is used on a regular basis, such as a control room, machinery room, storeroom, or other space where personnel could be trapped in an emergency.
(d) Structural appendages to the deepwater port that do not have living quarters, workshops, offices, or other manned spaces and that personnel do not occupy continuously (i.e., pumping platform complex) must have at least one primary means of escape and, as determined necessary by the OCMI, one or more secondary means of escape.
(e) When personnel are on an unmanned deepwater port, the port must have, in addition to the one primary means of escape, either:
(1) Another primary means of escape; or
(2) One or more secondary means of escape for every 10 persons onboard at any one time—located in the work areas.
(f) Structural appendages to an unmanned deepwater port do not require a primary or a secondary means of escape, unless the OCMI determines that one or more are necessary.
(g) Each means of escape must extend from the deepwater port's uppermost working level, to each successively lower working level, and so on to the water surface.
Personnel Landings
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§ 149.693 What are the requirements for personnel landings on manned deepwater ports?
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(a) On manned deepwater ports, sufficient personnel landings must be provided to assure safe access and egress.
(b) The personnel landings must be provided with satisfactory illumination. The minimum is one foot candle of artificial illumination as measured at the landing floor and guards and rails.
Guardrails and Similar Devices
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§ 149.694 What are the requirements for catwalks, floors, and openings?
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(a) The configuration and installation of catwalks, floors, and openings must comply with 143.110 of this chapter.
(b) This section does not apply to catwalks, floor or deck areas, and openings:
(1) In areas not normally occupied by personnel; or
(2) On helicopter landing decks.
§ 149.695 What are the requirements for stairways?
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Stairways must have at least two courses of rails. The top course must serve as a handrail and be at least 34 inches above the tread.
§ 149.696 What are the requirements for a helicopter landing deck safety net?
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A helicopter landing deck safety net must comply with 46 CFR 108.235.
Noise Limits
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§ 149.697 What are the requirements for a noise level survey?
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(a) A survey to determine the maximum noise level during normal operations must be conducted in each accommodation space, working space, or other space routinely used by personnel. The recognized methodology used to conduct the survey must be specified in the survey results. Survey results must be kept on the deepwater port or, for an unmanned deepwater port, in the owner's principal office.
(b) The noise level must be measured over 12 hours to derive a time-weighted-average (TWA) using a sound level meter and an A-weighted filter or equivalent device.
(c) If the noise level throughout a space is determined to exceed 85 db(A), then signs must be posted with the legend: “NOISE HAZARD—HEARING PROTECTORS REQUIRED.” Signs must be posted at eye level—at each entrance to the space.
(d) If the noise level is determined to exceed 85 db(A) only in a portion of a space, the sign described in paragraph (c) of this section must be posted within that portion in a location visible from each direction of access.
(e) Working spaces and other areas routinely used by personnel, other than accommodation spaces, must be designed to limit the noise level in those areas so that personnel wearing hearing protectors may hear warning and emergency alarms. If this is not practicable and warning and emergency alarms cannot be heard, visual alarms in addition to the audible alarms must be installed.
Portable Lights
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§ 149.700 What kind of portable lights may be used on a deepwater port?
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Each portable light and its supply cord on a deepwater port must be designed for the environment where it is used.