[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: 49CFR176.57]

[Page 753]
 
                        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]