46 C.F.R. § 148.04-13 Ferrous metal borings, shavings, turnings, or cuttings (excluding stainless steel).
Title 46 - Shipping
(a) This section applies to the stowage and transportation in bulk of hazardous materials described as ferrous metal borings, shavings, turnings, or cuttings on board vessels (excluding stainless steel). However, unmanned barges on which the article is stowed for or transported on a voyage entirely on the navigable waters of the United States are exempt from the requirements of this section. Ferrous metal borings, shavings, turnings, or cuttings (excluding stainless steel) must not be stowed and transported in bulk unless the following conditions are met: (1) [Reserved] (2) All wooden sweat battens, dunnage and debris must be removed from the hold before the article is loaded. (3) During loading and transporting, the bilge of each hold in which the article is stowed or is to be stowed must be as dry as practicable. (4) During loading, the article must be compacted in the hold as frequently as practicable with a bulldozer or means that provide equivalent surface compaction. Upon completion of loading, the article must be trimmed to eliminate peaks or mounds and compacted. (5) Other cargo must not be loaded in a hold containing the article if: (i) The cargo to be loaded in the same hold with the article is another hazardous material as defined in this part or a combustible material; (ii) The loading of the article is not completed first; and (iii) The temperature of the article in the hold is above 130 °F or has increased within eight hours before loading of the other cargo. (6) During loading, the temperature of the article in the pile being loaded must be less than 130 °F. (7) Upon completion of loading, the vessel may not leave the port unless: (i) The temperature of each article in each hold is less than 150 °F and, if the temperature of the article in a hold has been more than 150 °F during loading, the temperature of each article has shown a downward trend below 150 °F for at least eight hours after completion of loading of the hold; or (ii) The vessel intends to sail directly to another port that is no further than twelve hours sailing time for the vessel concerned, for the purpose of loading more of the article in bulk or to completely off-load the article, and the temperature of the article is less than 190 °F and has shown a downward trend for a least eight hours after completion of loading. (b) For the purposes of each temperature requirement of this section, the temperature of the article is the highest temperature taken between eight and fourteen inches below the surface at ten-foot intervals over its length and width. (c) The master or person in charge of a vessel that is loading or transporting the article must ensure that the temperature of the article is taken: (1) Before loading; (2) During loading, in each hold and in the pile being loaded at least every twenty-four hours and, if the temperature is rising, as often as necessary to ensure the conditions in this section are met; and (3) After loading, in each hold at least every twenty-four hours. (d) During loading, if the temperature of the article in a hold is 200 °F or higher, the master or person in charge of the vessel must notify the Coast Guard Captain of the Port and suspend loading until the temperature of the article is less than 190 °F. (e) After loading: (1) If the temperature of the article is 150 °F or above, the master or person in charge must notify the Captain of the Port and ensure that the vessel remains in the port area until the conditions of paragraph (a)(7)(i) of this section are met; or (2) In the case of a short-duration voyage to which paragraph (a)(7)(ii) of this section applies, if the temperature of the article in a hold is 190 °F or above, the master or person in charge must notify the Captain of the Port and ensure that the vessel remains in the port area until the conditions of paragraph (a)(7)(ii) of this section are met. (f) Except for shipments of the article in bulk which leave the port of loading under the conditions specified in paragraphs (a)(7)(ii) of this section, after the vessel leaves the port, if the temperature of the article in the hold rises above 149 °F, the master must notify the nearest Coast Guard Captain of the Port as soon as possible of: (1) The name, nationality, and position of the vessel; (2) The most recent temperature taken; (3) The length of time that the temperature has been above 149 °F and the rate of rise, if any; (4) The port where the article was loaded and the destination of the article; (5) The last port of call of the vessel and its next port of call; (6) What action has been taken; and (7) Whether any other cargo is endangered. (g) To meet the conditions of this section, the master of a vessel that is transporting the article must ensure that each temperature taken is recorded.
Title 46: Shipping
PART 148—CARRIAGE OF SOLID HAZARDOUS MATERIALS IN BULK
Subpart 148.04—Special Additional Requirements for Certain Material
§ 148.04-13 Ferrous metal borings, shavings, turnings, or cuttings (excluding stainless steel).
