[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
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]