[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR171.4]

[Page 73]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 171--GENERAL INFORMATION, REGULATIONS, AND DEFINITIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 171.4  Marine pollutants.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, no person 
may offer for transportation or transport a marine pollutant, as defined 
in Sec. 171.8, in intrastate or interstate commerce except in accordance 
with the requirements of this subchapter.
    (b) The requirements of this subchapter for the transportation of 
marine pollutants are based on the provisions of Annex III of the 1973 
International Convention for Prevention of Pollution from Ships, as 
modified by the Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL 73/78).
    (c) Exceptions. Except when transported aboard vessel, the 
requirements of this subchapter specific to marine pollutants do not 
apply to non-bulk packagings transported by motor vehicles, rail cars or 
aircraft.

[Amdt. 171-116, 57 FR 52934, Nov. 5, 1993, as amended by Amdt. 107-39, 
61 FR 51337, Oct. 1, 1996]