[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: 49CFR176.57]



[Page 727]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

   CHAPTER I--PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, 

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 176_CARRIAGE BY VESSEL--Table of Contents

 

                 Subpart C_General Handling and Stowage

 

Sec. 176.57  Supervision of handling and stowage.





    (a) Hazardous materials may be handled or stowed on board a vessel 

only under the direction and observation of a responsible person 

assigned this duty.

    (b) For a vessel engaged in coastwise voyages, or on rivers, bays, 

sounds or lakes, including the Great Lakes when the voyage is not 

foreign-going, the responsible person may be an employee of the carrier 

and assigned this duty by the carrier, or a licensed officer attached to 

the vessel and assigned by the master of the vessel.

    (c) For a domestic vessel engaged in a foreign-going or intercoastal 

voyage, the responsible person must be an officer possessing an 

unexpired license issued by the USCG and assigned this duty by the 

master of the vessel.

    (d) For a foreign vessel, the responsible person must be an officer 

of the vessel assigned this duty by the master of the vessel.



[Amdt. 176-30, 55 FR 52689, Dec. 21, 1990]