[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: 49CFR176.74]

[Page 695]
 
                        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.  176.74  On deck stowage of break-bulk hazardous materials.

    (a) Packages containing hazardous materials must be secured by 
enclosing in boxes, cribs or cradles and proper lashing by use of wire 
rope, strapping or other means, including shoring and bracing, or both. 
Lashing of deck cargo is permitted if eye pads are used to attach the 
lashings. Lashings may not be secured to guard rails. Bulky articles 
must be shored.
    (b) A packaging susceptible to weather or water damage must be 
protected so that it will not be exposed to the weather or to sea water.
    (c) Not more than fifty percent of the total open deck area should 
be used for stowage of hazardous materials (except Class 9 
(miscellaneous hazardous material).
    (d) Fireplugs, hoses, sounding pipes, and access to these must be 
free and clear of all cargo.
    (e) Crew and passenger spaces and areas set aside for the crew's use 
may not be used to stow any hazardous material.
    (f) A hazardous material may not be stowed within a horizontal 
distance of 25 feet of an operating or embarkation point of a lifeboat.
    (g) Hazardous materials must be stowed to permit safe access to the 
crew's quarters and to all parts of the deck required in navigation and 
necessary working of the vessel.
    (h) When runways for use of the crew are built over stowed hazardous 
materials, they must be constructed and fitted with rails and lifelines 
so as to afford complete protection to the crew when in use.

[Amdt. 176-1, 41 FR 16110, Apr. 15, 1976, as amended by Amdt. 176-1B, 41 
FR 57072, Dec. 30, 1976; Amdt. 176-30, 55 FR 52689, Dec. 21, 1990; 56 FR 
66282, Dec. 20, 1991; 66 FR 45181, Aug. 28, 2001]