COMDTINST M16600.9 governs Coast Guard oversight and inspection of regulated mobile facilities.
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It covers COTP jurisdiction, mobile facility inspections, safety hazards, pollution prevention, emergency medical treatment, and MISLE reporting. It requires inspection documentation, specified equipment and communications, and procedures for deficiencies, exemptions, and operational controls.
Applies to: All Coast Guard unit commanders, commanding officers, officers-in-charge, deputy/assistant commandants, and chiefs of headquarters staff elements must comply with the provisions of this Manual.
In accordance with Reference (a), a mobile facility means any facility that can readily change location, such as a tank truck or tank car, other than a vessel or public vessel. (paragraph 2)
Mobile facilities should be placed on an annual inspection schedule by the primary COTP who is designated to conduct routine activities for that particular mobile facility. (paragraph 2)
Mobile facilities that have not been issued a deficiency during any operational evolution (annual inspection, transfer monitor, investigation, etc.) in the previous three years, have not been found to be the responsible party or source of pollution in an investigation in the previous three years, and have demonstrated to the satisfaction of the COTP to operate safely in compliance with pollution prevention regulations, may be inspected at intervals not to exceed 24 months (biennial). (paragraph 2)
Exemption requests must be forwarded via the chain of command to the Assistant Commandant for Prevention Policy (CG-5P), acting for the Commandant, when all means of alternative compliance have been exhausted. (paragraph 2)
Coast Guard and facility personnel are prohibited from smoking while conducting mobile facility inspections. (paragraph 3)