[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR194.20-1]

[Page 389-390]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 194--HANDLING, USE, AND CONTROL OF EXPLOSIVES AND OTHER HAZARDOUS MATERIALS--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart 194.20--Chemical Stores and/or Storerooms
 
Sec. 194.20-1  General.


    (a) The chemical storerooms shall be considered to be service areas 
and as such shall be subject to the applicable requirements of 
Sec. 190.07-10(d).
    (1) Installed equipment, such as shelves and cabinets, shall be 
constructed of incombustible materials.
    (2) The access doors to the storeroom shall bear the inscription 
``Chemical Storeroom.''
    (b) Storage and cleanliness shall be consistent with good chemical 
stowage practices.
    (c) The deck of the chemical storeroom shall be of a nonskid 
material suitably resistant to chemical spills.

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Provision shall be made for the containment and removal of chemical 
spills.
    (d) Chemical reactions and experiments shall not be conducted in the 
chemical storeroom.
    (e) A storeroom, when used as a chemical storeroom, shall be 
exclusively for the stowage of chemical stores.
    (f) All doors shall open in the direction of escape.
    (g) Movement of chemical stores to, or from, the storeroom shall be 
accomplished utilizing suitable, portable containers. In no event shall 
piping systems, or similar arrangements, be permitted for transfer of 
chemical stores between the storeroom and the area in which the chemical 
stores are to be used.