Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: November 8, 2024) |
Title 46 - Shipping |
Chapter I - Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security |
SubChapter O - Certain Bulk Dangerous Cargoes |
Part 153 - Ships Carrying Bulk Liquid, Liquefied Gas, or Compressed Gas Hazardous Materials |
Subpart C - Operations |
Documents and Cargo Information |
§ 153.900 - Certificates and authorization to carry a bulk liquid hazardous material. |
§ 153.901 - Documents: Posting, availability, and alteration. |
§ 153.902 - Expiration and invalidation of the Certificate of Compliance. |
§ 153.903 - Operating a United States ship in special areas: Categories A, B, and C. |
§ 153.904 - Limitations in the endorsement. |
§ 153.905 - Regulations required to be on board. |
§ 153.907 - Cargo information. |
§ 153.908 - Cargo viscosity and melting point information; measuring cargo temperature during discharge: Categories A, B, and C. |
§ 153.909 - Completing the Cargo Record Book and record retention: Categories A, B, C, and D. |
§ 153.910 - Cargo piping plan. |
§ 153.912 - Certificate of inhibition or stabilization. |
Cargo Transfer Procedures |
§ 153.953 - Signals during cargo transfer. |
§ 153.955 - Warning signs during cargo transfer. |
§ 153.957 - Persons in charge of transferring liquid cargo in bulk or cleaning cargo tanks. |
§ 153.959 - Approval to begin transfer operations required. |
§ 153.964 - Discharge by gas pressurization. |
§ 153.966 - Discharge by liquid displacement. |
§ 153.968 - Cargo transfer conference. |
§ 153.970 - Cargo transfer piping. |
§ 153.972 - Connecting a cargo hose. |
§ 153.975 - Preparation for cargo transfer. |
§ 153.976 - Transfer of packaged cargo or ship's stores. |
§ 153.977 - Supervision of cargo transfer. |
§ 153.979 - Gauging with a sounding tube. |
§ 153.980 - Isolation of automatic closing valves. |
§ 153.981 - Leaving room in tank for cargo expansion. |
§ 153.983 - Termination procedures. |
Approval of Surveyors and Handling of Categories a, B, C, and D Cargo and NLS Residue |
§ 153.1100 - Responsibility of the person in charge. |
§ 153.1101 - Procedures for getting a Surveyor: Approval of Surveyors. |
§ 153.1102 - Handling and disposal of NLS residue: Categories A, B, C, and D. |
§ 153.1104 - Draining of cargo hose: Categories A, B, C, and D. |
§ 153.1106 - Cleaning agents. |
§ 153.1108 - Heated prewash for solidifying NLS, high viscosity NLS and required prewashes of NLS whose viscosity exceeds 25 mPa sec at 20 °C: Categories A, B, and C. |
§ 153.1112 - Prewash for tanks containing Category A NLS residue. |
§ 153.1114 - Conditions under which a prewash may be omitted: Categories A, B, and C. |
§ 153.1116 - Prewash for tanks unloaded without following the approved Procedures and Arrangements Manual: Categories B and C. |
§ 153.1118 - Prewash of Categories B and C cargo tanks not meeting stripping standards: Categories B and C. |
§ 153.1119 - When to prewash and discharge NLS residues from a prewash; unloading an NLS cargo in a country whose Administration is not signatory to MARPOL 73/78: Categories A, B, and C. |
§ 153.1120 - Procedures for tank prewash: Categories A, B, and C. |
§ 153.1122 - Discharges of NLS residue from tank washing other than a prewash: Categories A, B, and C. |
§ 153.1124 - Discharges of Category D NLS residue. |
§ 153.1126 - Discharge of NLS residue from a slop tank to the sea: Categories A, B, C, and D. |
§ 153.1128 - Discharge of NLS residue from a cargo tank to the sea: Categories A. B, C, and D. |
§ 153.1130 - Failure of slops discharge recording equipment; operating with, reporting failures, and replacing pollution equipment: Category A, B, C, D. |
§ 153.1132 - Reporting spills and non-complying discharges: Category A, B, C, and D. |
Maintenance |
§ 153.1500 - Venting system rupture disks. |
§ 153.1502 - Fixed ballast relocation. |
§ 153.1504 - Inspection of personnel emergency and safety equipment. |
General Vessel Safety |
§ 153.930 - Cargo antidotes. |
§ 153.931 - Obstruction of pumproom ladderways. |
§ 153.932 - Goggles and protective clothing. |
§ 153.933 - Chemical protective clothing. |
§ 153.934 - Entry into spaces containing cargo vapor. |
§ 153.935 - Opening of tanks and cargo sampling. |
§ 153.936 - Illness, alcohol, drugs. |
§ 153.935a - Storage of cargo samples. |
Marking of Cargo Transfer Hose |
§ 153.940 - Standards for marking of cargo hose. |
Special Cargo Procedures |
§ 153.1000 - Special operating requirements for cargoes reactive with water. |
§ 153.1002 - Special operating requirements for heat sensitive cargoes. |
§ 153.1003 - Prohibited carriage in deck tanks. |
§ 153.1004 - Inhibited and stabilized cargoes. |
§ 153.1010 - Alkylene oxides. |
§ 153.1011 - Changing containment systems and hoses to and from alkylene oxide service. |
§ 153.1020 - Unusually toxic cargoes. |
§ 153.1025 - Motor fuel antiknock compounds. |
§ 153.1035 - Acetone cyanohydrin or lactonitrile solutions. |
§ 153.1040 - Carbon disulfide. |
§ 153.1045 - Inorganic acids. |
§ 153.1046 - Sulfuric acid. |
§ 153.1052 - Carriage of other cargoes in acid tanks. |
§ 153.1060 - Benzene. |
§ 153.1065 - Sodium chlorate solutions. |
General Cargo Operational Requirements |
§ 153.920 - Cargo quantity limitations. |
§ 153.921 - Explosives. |
§ 153.923 - Inerting systems. |