[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR176.58]

[Page 692]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 176_CARRIAGE BY VESSEL--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart C_General Handling and Stowage
 
Sec.  176.58  Preparation of the vessel.

    (a) Each hold or compartment in which hazardous materials are to be 
stowed must be free of all debris before the hazardous materials are 
stowed. Bilges must be examined and all residue of previous cargo 
removed.
    (b) All decks, gangways, hatches, and cargo ports over or through 
which hazardous materials must be passed or handled in loading or 
unloading must be free of all loose materials before cargo handling 
operations begin.
    (c) No debris that creates a fire hazard or a hazardous condition 
for persons engaged in handling hazardous materials may be on the 
weather deck of a vessel during loading or unloading operations.
    (d) Hatch beams and hatch covers may not be stowed in a location 
that would interfere with cargo handling.

[Amdt. 176-30, 55 FR 52689, Dec. 21, 1990]