§ 70.05-25 - Portable tanks—interpretive rulings.

(a) The phrase “drums, barrels, or other packages,” as used in R.S. 4417a, as amended (46 U.S.C. 391a), and in R.S. 4472, as amended (46 U.S.C. 170), is interpreted to mean portable tanks having a maximum capacity of 110 U.S. gallons and Department of Transportation specification cylinders having a water capacity of not more than 1,000 pounds, which are actually loaded and discharged from vessels with their contents intact.

(b) The phrase “inflammable or combustible liquid cargo in bulk” as used in R.S. 4417a, as amended (46 U.S.C. 391a), and in R.S. 4472, as amended (46 U.S.C. 170), is interpreted to include such cargo in portable tanks of a capacity of more than 110 U.S. gallons.

(c) The phrase “liquid cargo” as used in R.S. 4417a, as amended (46 U.S.C. 391a), is interpreted to mean flammable or combustible liquids.