[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of Octobery 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR30.01-5]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 30_GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart 30.01_Administration
 
Sec. 30.01-5  Application of regulations--TB/ALL.

    Note: 33 CFR subchapter O (parts 151 through 157) contains 
additional design, equipment, and operations requirements relating to 
pollution prevention for vessels that carry oil.

    (a) The regulations in this subchapter contain requirements for 
materials, design, construction, inspection, manning, and operation of 
tank vessels, including handling and stowage of cargo and duties of 
officers and crew. However, vessels certificated as passenger, cargo, 
and miscellaneous vessels, whose principal purpose or use is not the 
carriage of flammable or combustible liquid cargo in bulk, may be 
granted a permit to carry limited quantities of flammable or combustible 
liquid cargo in bulk in the grades indicated:
    (1) Passenger vessels:
    (i) Grade E in an integral tank; and
    (ii) Grade E in a portable tank, including a marine portable tank 
(MPT), in accordance with subpart 98.30 or 98.33 of this chapter.
    (2) Cargo vessels:
    (i) Grades D and E in an integral tank; and

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    (ii) Grades D and E and certain specifically named Grade C in a 
portable tank, including an MPT, in accordance with subpart 98.30 or 
98.33 of this chapter.
    (3) Miscellaneous vessels, such as cable, salvage, pile-driving and 
oil-drilling-rig vessels:
    (i) Grades B, C, D, and E in a fixed independent or integral tank 
authorized by the Commandant; and
    (ii) Grades D and E and certain specifically named Grade C in a 
portable tank, including an MPT, in accordance with subpart 98.30 or 
98.33 of this chapter.
    (b) [Reserved]
    (c) The vessels and services to which each regulation applies are 
indicated by letters in the heading of the section or paragraph. The 
first letter or two letters indicate the type of vessel and the letter 
or letters following the oblique line indicate the waters in which such 
vessels may operate. These letters are described as follows:
    (1) ``T'' signifies a tankship.
    (2) ``B'' signifies a tank barge when it precedes an oblique line; 
or it signifies service on bays, sounds, and lakes other than the Great 
Lakes when it follows an oblique line.
    (3) ``ALL'' signifies service on all waters.
    (4) ``O'' signifies service on ocean waters.
    (5) ``C'' signifies services on coastwise waters.
    (6) ``L'' signifies service on Great Lakes waters.
    (7) ``R'' signifies service on river waters.
    (d) This subchapter is applicable to all U.S.-flag vessels indicated 
in Column 2 of Table 30.01-5(d), except as follows:
    (1) Any vessel operating exclusively on inland waters which are not 
navigable waters of the United States.
    (2) Any vessel while laid up and dismantled and out of commission.
    (3) With the exception of vessels of the U.S. Maritime 
Administration, any vessel with title vested in the United States and 
which is used for public purposes.

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    (e) This subchapter shall be applicable to all foreign flag vessels 
carrying combustible or flammable liquid cargo in bulk while in the 
navigable waters over which the United States has jurisdiction, except 
that:
    (1) A vessel of a foreign nation signatory to the International 
Convention for Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, which has on board a current 
valid Safety Equipment Certificate, or a vessel of a foreign nation 
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approximating those of the United States, together with reciprocal 
inspection arrangements with the United States and which has on board a 
current valid certificate of inspection issued by its government under 
such arrangements, in either case, shall be subject only to the 
requirements of Sec. 35.01-1 and the safety and cargo handling 
requirements in subparts 35.30 and 35.35 of this subchapter. In 
addition, these vessels shall report marine casualties occurring while 
they are in the navigable waters of the United States as required by 
subpart 35.15.
    (2) A foreign flag vessel, except a public vessel, which operates on 
or enters the navigable waters of the United States, or which transfers 
oil in any port or place subject to the jurisdiction of the United 
States, must comply with the provisions of Sec. 31.10-21a and subparts 
32.53, 32.59 and 34.05 of this chapter, as applicable.
    (f) Notwithstanding the exceptions previously noted in paragraph (e) 
of this section, foreign vessels of novel design or construction, or 
whose operation involves potential unusual risks, shall be subject to 
inspection to the extent necessary to safeguard life and property in 
United States ports, as further provided by Sec. 2.01-13 of subchapter 
A (Procedures applicable to the Public) of this chapter.
    (g) Manned barges carrying any of the cargoes listed in Table 30.25-
1 will be considered individually by the Commandant and may be required 
to comply with the requirements of subchapter O of this chapter, as 
applicable, as well as the requirements of this subchapter.
    (h) Subpart 30.30 contains procedures for evaluating vessel 
personnel licensing and certification programs of foreign countries 
which license or certificate personnel serving on tank vessels that 
enter or operate in U.S. navigable waters and ports.

    Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec. 
30.01-5, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the 
Finding Aids section of the printed volume and on GPO Access.