[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: 49CFR176.58]



[Page 727-728]

 

                        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. 176.58  Preparation of the vessel.



    (a) Each hold or compartment in which hazardous materials are to be 

stowed must be free of all debris before the hazardous materials are 

stowed. Bilges must be examined and all residue of previous cargo 

removed.

    (b) All decks, gangways, hatches, and cargo ports over or through 

which hazardous materials must be passed or handled in loading or 

unloading must



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be free of all loose materials before cargo handling operations begin.

    (c) No debris that creates a fire hazard or a hazardous condition 

for persons engaged in handling hazardous materials may be on the 

weather deck of a vessel during loading or unloading operations.

    (d) Hatch beams and hatch covers may not be stowed in a location 

that would interfere with cargo handling.



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