[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR38.01-1]

[Page 493]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 38_LIQUEFIED FLAMMABLE GASES--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart 38.01_General
 
Sec. 38.01-1  Scope of regulations--TB/ALL.


    (a) The regulations in this part contain requirements for the 
transportation of liquefied or compressed gases, whose primary hazard is 
one of flammability.
    (b) The transportation on deck of liquefied flammable gases in 
portable cylinders and tanks and the transportation of empty cylinders 
and portable tanks previously used shall be in accordance with the 
requirements of 49 CFR parts 171-179. The transportation of such 
containers under deck shall be in accordance with the requirements of 
Sec. 38.01-2.

[CGFR 66-33, 31 FR 15269, Dec. 6, 1966, as amended by CGD 86-033, 53 FR 
36024, Sept. 16, 1988]