[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR176.24]

[Page 710]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 176_CARRIAGE BY VESSEL--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart B_General Operating Requirements
 
Sec. 176.24  Shipping papers.


    (a) A person may not accept a hazardous material for transportation 
or transport a hazardous material by vessel unless that person has 
received a shipping paper prepared in accordance with part 172 of this 
subchapter, or as authorized by Sec. 171.12 of this subchapter, unless 
the material is excepted from shipping paper requirements under this 
subchapter.
    (b) Each person receiving a shipping paper required by this section 
must retain a copy or an electronic image thereof, that is accessible at 
or through its principal place of business and must make the shipping 
paper available, upon request, to an authorized official of a Federal, 
State, or local government agency at reasonable times and locations. For 
a hazardous waste, each shipping paper copy must be retained for three 
years after the material is accepted by the initial carrier. For all 
other hazardous materials, each shipping paper copy must be retained for 
375 days after the material is accepted by the carrier. Each shipping 
paper copy must include the date of acceptance by the carrier. The date 
on the shipping paper may be the date a shipper presents a booking for 
carriage with the carrier as an alternative to the date the shipment is 
picked up, accepted, or loaded on the vessel by the carrier.

[67 FR 66574, Nov. 1, 2002]