46 C.F.R. PART 153--SHIPS CARRYING BULK LIQUID, LIQUEFIED GAS, OR COMPRESSED GAS HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
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 A--GENERAL
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Availability of materials.
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Definitions and acronyms.
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Incorporation by reference.
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Ships built before December 27, 1977 and non-self-propelled ships built before July 1, 1983: Application.
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Procedures for requesting an endorsed Certificate of Inspection.
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Foreign flag vessel endorsement application.
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Procedures for requesting alternatives and waivers; termination of waivers.
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IMO Certificates for United States Ships.
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Conditions under which the Coast Guard issues a Certificate of Inspection or Certificate of Compliance.
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Requirements for foreign flag vessel permits.
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Special area endorsement.
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Determination of materials that are hazardous.
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Subpart B--DESIGN AND EQUIPMENT
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Openings to accommodation, service or control spaces.
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Personnel emergency and safety equipment.
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Safety equipment lockers.
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Shower and eyewash fountains.
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Access to enclosed spaces and dedicated ballast tanks.
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Access to double bottom tanks serving as dedicated ballast tanks.
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Separation of tanks from machinery, service and other spaces.
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Exceptions to cargo piping location restrictions.
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Double-bottom and deep tanks as cargo tanks.
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Special requirement for an independent cargo tank.
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Trunks, domes, and openings of cargo tanks.
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Piping to independent tanks.
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Valving for cargo piping.
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Characteristics of required quick closing valves.
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Valving for cargo pump manifolds.
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Separation of piping systems.
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Marking of piping systems.
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Emergency shutdown stations.
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Emergency actuators at the point of cargo control.
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Ventilation system standards.
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Ventilation of spaces not usually occupied.
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Special cargo pumproom ventilation rate.
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Cargo pump discharge pressure gauge.
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Special cargo pump or pumproom requirements.
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Location of B/3 vent discharges.
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Location of 4m vent discharges.
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B/3 and 4 m venting system outlets.
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Venting system flow capacity.
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Venting system restriction.
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Arrangements for removal of valves from venting systems having multiple relief valves.
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Liquid overpressurization protection.
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Minimum relief valve setting for ambient temperature cargo tanks.
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Minimum relief valve setting for refrigerated cargo tanks.
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Gauges and vapor return for cargo vapor pressures exceeding 100 kPa (approx. 14.7 psia).
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General requirements for gauges.
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Standards for containment systems having required closed gauges.
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Standards for containment systems having required restricted gauges.
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Special requirements for sounding tube gauges.
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Heat transfer systems; general.
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Heat transfer coils within a tank.
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Heat transfer fluids: compatibility with cargo.
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Cargo pressure or temperature alarms required.
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Cargo temperature sensors.
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Electrical bonding of independent tanks.
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Static discharges from inert gas systems.
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Flammable vapor detector.
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System for discharge of NLS residue to the sea: Categories A, B, C, and D.
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Stripping quantity for Category B and C NLS tanks on ships built after June 30, 1986: Categories B and C.
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Stripping quantities and interim standards for Category B NLS tanks on ships built before July 1, 1986: Category B.
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Stripping quantities and interim standards for Category C NLS tanks on ships built before July 1, 1986: Category C.
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Restricted voyage waiver for Category B and C NLS tanks on ships built before July 1, 1986: Category B and C.
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Design and equipment for removing NLS residue by ventilation: Categories A, B, C, and D.
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Design and equipment for tanks carrying high melting point NLSs: Category B.
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Cargo Record Book and Approved Procedures and Arrangements Manual: Categories A, B, C, and D.
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Waiver of certain equipment for dedicated cargo tanks.
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Requirement for dry inert gas.
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Special requirements for extremely flammable cargoes.
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Special requirements for carbon disulfide.
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Special requirements for unusually toxic cargoes.
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Special requirements for alkylene oxides.
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Special requirements for liquid sulfur.
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Special requirements for acids.
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Special requirements for inorganic acids.
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Special requirements for sulfuric acid and oleum.
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Special requirements for hydrochloric acid.
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Special requirements for phosphoric acid.
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Special requirements for nitric acid (less than 70 percent).
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Special requirements for Alkyl (C7-C9) nitrates.
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Special requirement for temperature sensors.
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Special requirements for cargoes reactive with water.
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Examination required for a Certificate of Compliance.
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Procedures for having the Coast Guard examine a vessel for a Certificate of Compliance.
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Inspection for Certificate of Inspection.
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Subpart C--OPERATIONS
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Certificates and authorization to carry a bulk liquid hazardous material.
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Documents: Posting, availability, and alteration.
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Expiration and invalidation of the Certificate of Compliance.
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Operating a United States ship in special areas: Categories A, B, and C.
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Limitations in the endorsement.
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Regulations required to be on board.
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Cargo viscosity and melting point information; measuring cargo temperature during discharge: Categories A, B, and C.
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Completing the Cargo Record Book and record retention: Categories A, B, C, and D.
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Certificate of inhibition or stabilization.
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Cargo quantity limitations.
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Obstruction of pumproom ladderways.
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Goggles and protective clothing.
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Chemical protective clothing.
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Entry into spaces containing cargo vapor.
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Opening of tanks and cargo sampling.
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Storage of cargo samples.
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Standards for marking of cargo hose.
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Signals during cargo transfer.
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Warning signs during cargo transfer.
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Persons in charge of transferring liquid cargo in bulk or cleaning cargo tanks.
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Approval to begin transfer operations required.
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Discharge by gas pressurization.
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Discharge by liquid displacement.
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Cargo transfer conference.
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Preparation for cargo transfer.
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Transfer of packaged cargo or ship's stores.
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Supervision of cargo transfer.
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Gauging with a sounding tube.
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Isolation of automatic closing valves.
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Leaving room in tank for cargo expansion.
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Special operating requirements for cargoes reactive with water.
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Special operating requirements for heat sensitive cargoes.
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Prohibited carriage in deck tanks.
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Inhibited and stabilized cargoes.
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Changing containment systems and hoses to and from alkylene oxide service.
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Motor fuel antiknock compounds.
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Acetone cyanohydrin or lactonitrile solutions.
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Carriage of other cargoes in acid tanks.
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Sodium chlorate solutions.
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Responsibility of the person in charge.
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Procedures for getting a Surveyor: Approval of Surveyors.
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Handling and disposal of NLS residue: Cateqories A, B, C, and D.
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Draining of cargo hose: Categories A, B, C, and D.
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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.
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Prewash for tanks containing Category A NLS residue.
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Conditions under which a prewash may be omitted: Categories A, B, and C.
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Prewash for tanks unloaded without following the approved Procedures and Arrangements Manual: Categories B and C.
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Prewash of Categories B and C cargo tanks not meeting stripping standards: Categories B and C.
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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.
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Procedures for tank prewash: Categories A, B, and C.
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Discharges of NLS residue from tank washing other than a prewash: Categories A, B, and C.
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Discharges of Category D NLS residue.
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Discharge of NLS residue from a slop tank to the sea: Categories A, B, C, and D.
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Discharge of NLS residue from a cargo tank to the sea: Categories A. B, C, and D.
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Failure of slops discharge recording equipment; operating with, reporting failures, and replacing pollution equipment: Category A, B, C, D.
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Reporting spills and non-complying discharges: Category A, B, C, and D.
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Venting system rupture disks.
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Fixed ballast relocation.
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Inspection of personnel emergency and safety equipment.
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Subpart D--TEST AND CALCULATION PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING STRIPPING QUANTITY, CLINGAGE NLS RESIDUE, AND TOTAL NLS RESIDUE
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Equipment required for conducting the stripping quantity test.
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Test procedure for determining the strippinq quantity.
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Determining the stripping quantity from the test results.
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Calculation of total NLS residue and clingage NLS residue.
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Table 2 to Part 153--Cargoes Not Regulated Under Subchapters D or O of This Chapter When Carried in Bulk on Non-oceangoing Barges
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