46 CFR Part 153
PART 153—SHIPS CARRYING BULK LIQUID, LIQUEFIED GAS, OR COMPRESSED GAS HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
- PART 153—SHIPS CARRYING BULK LIQUID, LIQUEFIED GAS, OR COMPRESSED GAS HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
- Chapter I—Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security › Subchapter O—Certain Bulk Dangerous Cargoes
- Subpart A—General
- § 153.0 Availability of materials.
- § 153.1 Applicability.
- § 153.2 Definitions and acronyms.
- § 153.3 Right of appeal.
- § 153.4 Incorporation by reference.
- § 153.7 Ships built before December 27, 1977 and non-self-propelled ships built before July 1, 1983: Application.
- § 153.8 Procedures for requesting an endorsed Certificate of Inspection.
- § 153.9 Foreign flag vessel endorsement application.
- § 153.10 Procedures for requesting alternatives and waivers; termination of waivers.
- § 153.12 IMO Certificates for United States Ships.
- § 153.15 Conditions under which the Coast Guard issues a Certificate of Inspection or Certificate of Compliance.
- § 153.16 Requirements for foreign flag vessel permits.
- § 153.30 Special area endorsement.
- § 153.40 Determination of materials that are hazardous.
- Subpart B—Design and Equipment
- General Vessel Requirements
- § 153.190 Stability requirements.
- § 153.201 Openings to accommodation, service or control spaces.
- § 153.208 Ballast equipment.
- § 153.209 Bilge pumping systems.
- § 153.214 Personnel emergency and safety equipment.
- § 153.215 Safety equipment lockers.
- § 153.216 Shower and eyewash fountains.
- § 153.217 Access to enclosed spaces and dedicated ballast tanks.
- § 153.219 Access to double bottom tanks serving as dedicated ballast tanks.
- Cargo Containment Systems
- § 153.230 Type I system.
- § 153.231 Type II system.
- § 153.232 Type III system.
- § 153.233 Separation of tanks from machinery, service and other spaces.
- § 153.234 Fore and aft location.
- § 153.235 Exceptions to cargo piping location restrictions.
- § 153.236 Prohibited materials.
- § 153.238 Required materials.
- § 153.239 Use of cast iron.
- § 153.240 Insulation.
- Cargo Tanks
- § 153.250 Double-bottom and deep tanks as cargo tanks.
- § 153.251 Independent cargo tanks.
- § 153.252 Special requirement for an independent cargo tank.
- § 153.254 Cargo tank access.
- § 153.256 Trunks, domes, and openings of cargo tanks.
- § 153.266 Tank linings.
- Piping Systems and Cargo Handling Equipment
- § 153.280 Piping system design.
- § 153.281 Piping to independent tanks.
- § 153.282 Cargo filling lines.
- § 153.283 Valving for cargo piping.
- § 153.284 Characteristics of required quick closing valves.
- § 153.285 Valving for cargo pump manifolds.
- § 153.292 Separation of piping systems.
- § 153.294 Marking of piping systems.
- § 153.296 Emergency shutdown stations.
- § 153.297 Emergency actuators at the point of cargo control.
- Cargo Handling Space Ventilation
- § 153.310 Ventilation system type.
- § 153.312 Ventilation system standards.
- § 153.314 Ventilation of spaces not usually occupied.
- § 153.316 Special cargo pumproom ventilation rate.
- Cargo Pumprooms
- § 153.330 Access.
- § 153.332 Hoisting arrangement.
- § 153.333 Cargo pump discharge pressure gauge.
- § 153.334 Bilge pumping systems.
- § 153.336 Special cargo pump or pumproom requirements.
- Cargo Venting Systems
- § 153.350 Location of B/3 vent discharges.
- § 153.351 Location of 4m vent discharges.
- § 153.352 B/3 and 4 m venting system outlets.
- § 153.353 High velocity vents.
- § 153.354 Venting system inlet.
- § 153.355 PV venting systems.
- § 153.358 Venting system flow capacity.
- § 153.360 Venting system restriction.
- § 153.361 Arrangements for removal of valves from venting systems having multiple relief valves.
- § 153.362 Venting system drain.
- § 153.364 Venting system supports.
- § 153.365 Liquid overpressurization protection.
- § 153.368 Pressure-vacuum valves.
- § 153.370 Minimum relief valve setting for ambient temperature cargo tanks.
- § 153.371 Minimum relief valve setting for refrigerated cargo tanks.
- § 153.372 Gauges and vapor return for cargo vapor pressures exceeding 100 kPa (approx. 14.7 psia).
- Cargo Gauging Systems
- § 153.400 General requirements for gauges.
- § 153.404 Standards for containment systems having required closed gauges.
- § 153.406 Standards for containment systems having required restricted gauges.
- § 153.407 Special requirements for sounding tube gauges.
- § 153.408 Tank overflow control.
- § 153.409 High level alarms.
- Cargo Temperature Control Systems
- § 153.430 Heat transfer systems; general.
- § 153.432 Cooling systems.
- § 153.434 Heat transfer coils within a tank.
- § 153.436 Heat transfer fluids: compatibility with cargo.
- § 153.438 Cargo pressure or temperature alarms required.
- § 153.440 Cargo temperature sensors.
- Special Requirements for Flammable or Combustible Cargoes
- § 153.460 Fire protection systems.
- § 153.461 Electrical bonding of independent tanks.
- § 153.462 Static discharges from inert gas systems.
- § 153.463 Vent system discharges.
- § 153.465 Flammable vapor detector.
- § 153.466 Electrical equipment.
- Design and Equipment for Pollution Control
- § 153.470 System for discharge of NLS residue to the sea: Categories A, B, C, and D.
- § 153.480 Stripping quantity for Category B and C NLS tanks on ships built after June 30, 1986: Categories B and C.
- § 153.481 Stripping quantities and interim standards for Category B NLS tanks on ships built before July 1, 1986: Category B.
- § 153.482 Stripping quantities and interim standards for Category C NLS tanks on ships built before July 1, 1986: Category C.
- § 153.483 Restricted voyage waiver for Category B and C NLS tanks on ships built before July 1, 1986: Category B and C.
- § 153.484 Prewash equipment.
- § 153.486 Design and equipment for removing NLS residue by ventilation: Categories A, B, C, and D.
- § 153.488 Design and equipment for tanks carrying high melting point NLSs: Category B.
- § 153.490 Cargo Record Book and Approved Procedures and Arrangements Manual: Categories A, B, C, and D.
- § 153.491 Waiver of certain equipment for dedicated cargo tanks.
- Special Requirements
- § 153.500 Inert gas systems.
- § 153.501 Requirement for dry inert gas.
- § 153.515 Special requirements for extremely flammable cargoes.
- § 153.520 Special requirements for carbon disulfide.
- § 153.525 Special requirements for unusually toxic cargoes.
- § 153.526 Toxic vapor detectors.
- § 153.527 Toxic vapor protection.
- § 153.530 Special requirements for alkylene oxides.
- § 153.545 Special requirements for liquid sulfur.
- § 153.554 Special requirements for acids.
- § 153.555 Special requirements for inorganic acids.
- § 153.556 Special requirements for sulfuric acid and oleum.
- § 153.557 Special requirements for hydrochloric acid.
- § 153.558 Special requirements for phosphoric acid.
- § 153.559 Special requirements for nitric acid (less than 70 percent).
- § 153.560 Special requirements for Alkyl (C7-C9) nitrates.
- § 153.565 Special requirement for temperature sensors.
- § 153.602 Special requirements for cargoes reactive with water.
- Testing and Inspection
- § 153.806 Loading information.
- § 153.808 Examination required for a Certificate of Compliance.
- § 153.809 Procedures for having the Coast Guard examine a vessel for a Certificate of Compliance.
- § 153.812 Inspection for Certificate of Inspection.
- 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.
- General Cargo Operational Requirements
- § 153.920 Cargo quantity limitations.
- § 153.921 Explosives.
- § 153.923 Inerting systems.
- 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.
- § 153.935a Storage of cargo samples.
- § 153.936 Illness, alcohol, drugs.
- Marking of Cargo Transfer Hose
- § 153.940 Standards for marking of cargo hose.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Subpart D—Test and Calculation Procedures for Determining Stripping Quantity, Clingage NLS Residue, and Total NLS Residue
- § 153.1600 Equipment required for conducting the stripping quantity test.
- § 153.1602 Test procedure for determining the stripping quantity.
- § 153.1604 Determining the stripping quantity from the test results.
- § 153.1608 Calculation of total NLS residue and clingage NLS residue.
- Table 1 to Part 153—Summary of Minimum Requirements
- Table 2 to Part 153—Cargoes Not Regulated Under Subchapters D or O of This Chapter When Carried in Bulk on Non-Oceangoing Barges
- Appendix I to Part 153 [Reserved]
- Appendix II to Part 153—Metric Units Used in Part 153
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