[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR176.24]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

   CHAPTER I--PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 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]