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CFR > Title 5 > Chapter VIII – Office of Special Counsel
Part 1800 Filing of Complaints and Allegations
Part 1810 Investigative Authority of the Special Counsel
Part 1820 Freedom of Information Act Requests; Production of Records or Testimony
Part 1830 Privacy
Part 1840 Subpoenas
Part 1850 Enforcement of Nondiscrimination On the Basis of Handicap in Programs or Activities Conducted by the Office of Special Counsel
Terms Used In CFR > Title 5 > Chapter VIII
Ambient temperature: means the temperature of the environment in which an experiment is conducted or in which any physical or chemical event occurs. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Base loading: means a method of inerting, enriching, or diluting such that sufficient inerting, enriching, or diluting gas, for the worst concentration of vapor coming from the vessel, is injected into the vapor line during the entire loading operation so that the vapor mixture is inerted, enriched, or diluted at the maximum loading rate. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Certifying entity: means an individual or organization accepted by the Commandant to review plans, data, and calculations for vapor control system designs and to conduct inspections and observe tests of vapor control system installations. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Cleaning operation: means any stripping, gas-freeing, or tank-washing operation of a barge's cargo tanks conducted at a cleaning facility. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Commandant: means Commandant (CG-ENG), U. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Detonation arrester: means a device that is acceptable to the Commandant and includes a detonation arrester that is designed, built, and tested in accordance with Appendix A of this part or by another method acceptable to the Commandant for arresting flames and detonations. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Diluting: means introducing a non-flammable, non-combustible, and non-reactive gas with the objective of reducing the hydrocarbon content of a vapor mixture to below the lower flammable limit so that it will not burn. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Drip leg: means a section of piping that extends below piping grade to collect liquid passing through the vapor line and that has a diameter no more than the diameter of the pipe in which it is installed. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Enriching: means introducing a flammable gas with the objective of raising the hydrocarbon content of a vapor mixture above the upper flammable limit so that it will not burn. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Facility operations manual: means the manual required by 33 CFR 154. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Facility vapor connection: means the point in a facility's vapor collection system where it connects to a vapor collection hose or the base of a vapor collection arm and is located at the dock as close as possible to the tank vessel to minimize the length of the flexible vapor collection hose, thus reducing the hazards associated with the hose. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Fail-safe: means a piece of equipment or instrument that is designed such that if any element should fail, it would go to a safe condition. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Flame arrester: means a device that is designed, built, and tested in accordance with ASTM F 1273 or UL 525 (both incorporated by reference, see 33 CFR 154. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Flame screen: means a fitted single screen of corrosion-resistant wire of at least 30-by-30 mesh, or two fitted screens, both of corrosion-resistant wire, of at least 20-by-20 mesh, spaced apart not fewer than 12. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Fluid displacement system: means a system that removes vapors from a barge's cargo tanks during gas freeing through the addition of an inert gas or other medium into the cargo tank. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Fluid injection connection: means the point in a fluid displacement system at which the fixed piping or hose that supplies the inert gas or other medium connects to a barge's cargo tanks or fixed piping system. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Gas freeing: means the removal of vapors from a tank barge. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Inerting: means introducing an inert gas into a tank and/or piping system to lower the oxygen content of a vapor mixture. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Lightering operation: means the transfer of a cargo of oil in bulk from one oil tanker less than 150 gross tons to another oil tanker less than 150 gross tons, or a cargo of hazardous material in bulk from one vessel to another, including all phases of the operation from the beginning of the mooring operation to the departure of the service vessel from the vessel to be lightered, except when that cargo is intended only for use as fuel or lubricant aboard the receiving vessel. See 33 CFR 156.205
Line clearing: means the transfer of residual cargo from a cargo loading line toward a cargo tank by using compressed inert gas. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Liquid knockout vessel: means a device, other than a drip leg, used to separate liquid from vapor. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Maximum allowable gas-freeing rate: means the maximum volumetric rate at which a barge may be gas-freed during cleaning operations. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Maximum allowable stripping rate: means the maximum volumetric rate at which a barge may be stripped during cleaning operations prior to the opening of any hatch and/or fitting in the cargo tank being stripped. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Maximum allowable transfer rate: means the maximum volumetric rate at which a vessel may receive cargo or ballast. See 33 CFR 154.2001
MOCC: means the lowest level of oxygen in a vapor or a vapor mixture that will support combustion. See 33 CFR 154.2001
New vapor control system: means a vapor control system that is not an existing vapor control system. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Official seed laboratory: An official laboratory member of the Association of Official Seed Analysts. See 33 CFR 151.67
Padding: means introducing into a tank and associated piping system with an inert gas or liquid which separates the cargo from air, and maintaining the condition. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Partially inerted: means the oxygen content of the vapor space in a tank is reduced to below what is normally present in the atmosphere by the addition of an inert gas such as nitrogen or carbon dioxide, but not to the concentration that meets the definition of "inert condition or inerted" in this section. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Person: Any individual, partnership, corporation, company, society, association, receiver, trustee, or other legal entity or organized group. See 33 CFR 151.67
Pig: means any device designed to maintain a tight seal within a cargo line while being propelled by compressed inert gas towards a cargo tank, for the purpose of transferring residual cargo from the cargo loading line to the cargo tank. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Pigging: means the transfer of residual cargo from a cargo loading line by using compressed inert gas to propel a "pig" through the line toward a cargo tank. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Pre-transfer conference: means the conference required by 33 CFR 156. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Purging: means introducing an inert gas into a tank and/or piping system to further reduce the existing hydrocarbon and/or oxygen content to a level below which combustion cannot be supported if air is subsequently introduced into the tank or piping system. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Registered seed technologist: A registered member of the Society of Commercial Seed Technologists. See 33 CFR 151.67
Service vessel: means the vessel which receives a cargo of oil or a hazardous material from another vessel in a lightering operation. See 33 CFR 156.205
Stripping: means the removal, to the maximum extent practicable, of cargo residue remaining in the barge's cargo tanks and associated fixed piping system after cargo transfer or during cleaning operations. See 33 CFR 154.2001
TBCF: means a facility used or capable of being used to conduct cleaning operations on a tank barge. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Transfer facility: means a facility as defined in 33 CFR 154. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Vacuum displacement system: means a system that removes vapors from a barge's cargo tanks during gas freeing by sweeping air through the cargo tank hatch openings. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Vapor balancing: means the transfer of vapor displaced by incoming cargo from the tank of a vessel or facility receiving cargo into a tank of the vessel or facility delivering cargo via facility vapor collection system. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Vapor collection system: means an arrangement of piping and hoses used to collect vapor emitted to or from a vessel's cargo tanks and to transport the vapor to a vapor processing unit or a tank. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Vapor destruction unit: means a vapor processing unit that destroys cargo vapor by a thermal destruction method. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Vapor processing unit: means the components of a vapor control system that recover, destroy, or disperse vapor collected from a vessel. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Vapor recovery unit: means a vapor processing unit that recovers cargo vapor by nondestructive means. See 33 CFR 154.2001
VCS: means an arrangement of piping and equipment used to control vapor emissions collected to or from a vessel and includes the vapor collection system and the vapor processing unit or a tank. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Vessel to be lightered: means the vessel which transports a cargo of oil or a hazardous material to a place within the marine environment for transfer of that cargo to another vessel for further transport to a port or place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See 33 CFR 156.205
Vessel vapor connection: means the point in a vessel's fixed vapor collection system where it connects to a vapor collection hose or arm. See 33 CFR 154.2001
Work: includes any administrative duties associated with the vessel whether performed on board the vessel or onshore. See 33 CFR 156.205