[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: 49CFR176.74]



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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 C_General Handling and Stowage

 

Sec. 176.74  On deck stowage of break-bulk hazardous materials.



    (a) Packages containing hazardous materials must be secured by 

enclosing in boxes, cribs or cradles and proper lashing by use of wire 

rope, strapping or other means, including shoring and bracing, or both. 

Lashing of deck cargo is permitted if eye pads are used to attach the 

lashings. Lashings may not be secured to guard rails. Bulky articles 

must be shored.

    (b) A packaging susceptible to weather or water damage must be 

protected so that it will not be exposed to the weather or to sea water.

    (c) Not more than fifty percent of the total open deck area should 

be used for stowage of hazardous materials (except Class 9 

(miscellaneous hazardous material).

    (d) Fireplugs, hoses, sounding pipes, and access to these must be 

free and clear of all cargo.

    (e) Crew and passenger spaces and areas set aside for the crew's use 

may not be used to stow any hazardous material.

    (f) A hazardous material may not be stowed within a horizontal 

distance of 25 feet of an operating or embarkation point of a lifeboat.

    (g) Hazardous materials must be stowed to permit safe access to the 

crew's quarters and to all parts of the deck required in navigation and 

necessary working of the vessel.

    (h) When runways for use of the crew are built over stowed hazardous 

materials, they must be constructed and fitted with rails and lifelines 

so as to afford complete protection to the crew when in use.



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

FR 57072, Dec. 30, 1976; Amdt. 176-30, 55 FR 52689, Dec. 21, 1990; 56 FR 

66282, Dec. 20, 1991; 66 FR 45181, Aug. 28, 2001]