[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: 49CFR176.52]



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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. 176.52  Rejections of shipments in violation.



    (a) A carrier may not knowingly transport by vessel any hazardous 

material offered under a false or deceptive name, marking, invoice, 

shipping paper or other declaration, or without the shipper furnishing 

written information about the true nature of the material at the time of 

delivery.

    (b) If a shipment in violation is found in transit, the master of 

the vessel shall adopt procedures which in his judgment provide maximum 

safety to the vessel, its passengers and its crew and which are in 

compliance with Sec. 176.45. If the vessel is in port, the material may 

not be delivered to any party, and the master shall immediately notify 

the nearest Captain of the Port and request instructions for disposition 

of the material.



[Amdt. 176-1, 41 FR 16110, Apr. 15, 1976, as amended by Amdt. 176-1B, 41 

FR 57072, Dec. 30, 1976]