[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR126.29]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 126--HANDLING OF CLASS 1 (EXPLOSIVE) MATERIALS OR OTHER DANGEROUS 
CARGOES WITHIN OR CONTIGUOUS TO WATERFRONT FACILITIES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 126.29  Supervision and control of dangerous cargo.

    (a) Authority. The Captain of the Port is authorized to require that 
any transaction of handling, storing, stowing, loading, discharging, or 
transporting the dangerous cargo covered by this subchapter shall be 
undertaken and continued only under the immediate supervision and 
control of the Captain of the Port or his duly authorized 
representative. In case the Captain of the Port exercises such 
authority, all directions, instructions, and orders of the Captain of 
the Port or his representative, not inconsistent with this part, with 
respect to such handling, storing, stowing, loading, discharging, and 
transporting; with respect to the operation of the waterfront facility; 
with respect to vessels handling, stowing, loading, or discharging of 
dangerous cargo at anchorages when the operations are under the 
immediate control and supervision of the Captain of the Port or his duly 
authorized representative; with respect to the ingress and egress of 
persons, articles, and things and to their presence on the waterfront 
facilty or vessel; and with respect to vessels approaching, moored at, 
and departing from the waterfront facility, shall be promptly obeyed.
    (b) Reporting discharge of dangerous liquid commodities into the 
waters of the United States. To enhance the safety of the port and to 
protect vessels, their cargo, and waterfront facilities therein, the 
discharge into the navigable waters of the United States of petroleum 
products, petroleum byproducts or other dangerous liquid commodities 
which may create a hazard or toxic condition in the port area will be 
immediately reported to the Captain of the Port or District Commander by 
the owner or master of the vessel from which the discharge occurred, or 
the owner or operator of a waterfront facility from which the discharge 
occurred.

[CGFR 69-89, 34 FR 17478, Oct. 29, 1969]

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