§ 148.04-17 - Petroleum coke, calcined, at 130 °F or above.

(a) The requirements of this part do not apply to bulk shipments of petroleum coke, calcined, on any vessel when the material is less than 130° F.

(b) The material must not be loaded in cargo vessels when temperatures exceed 225° F.

(c) Other hazardous materials must not be stowed in any hold adjacent to any other containing this material except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section.

(d) In holds over tanks containing fuel or material having a flashpoint under 200° F, a two-to-three foot layer of the material at a temperature not greater than 110° F must be first loaded into that hold. Only then may the material at 130° F or above be loaded into that hold.

(e) The loading of the material must be as follows:

(1) For shipments in holds over fuel tanks, the loading of the two-to-three foot layer of the material at a temperature not greater than 110° F (as required by paragraph (d) of this section) in these holds must be completed prior to the loading of the material at 130° F or above in any hold of the vessel.

(2) Upon completion of the loading described in paragraph (e)(1) of this section, a two-to-three foot layer of the material at 130° F or above must first be loaded in each hold (including those holds, if any, already containing a layer of the material at a temperature not greater than 110° F) in which the material is to be loaded in accordance with this section.

(3) Upon the completion of the loading of the two-to-three-foot layer of the material at 130° F or above in each hold, as required in paragraph (e)(2) of this section, the normal loading of the material at 130° F or above may proceed to completion.

(f) Personnel must be warned by the Master of the vessel or his authorized representative that calcined petroleum coke loaded and transported under the terms of this section is hot and that injury due to burns is possible.