Title 46—Shipping--Volume 1
PART 30—GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 30.01-1   Purpose of regulations.
The rules and regulations in this subchapter are prescribed for all tank vessels in accordance with the intent of the various statutes administered by the Coast Guard and to provide for a correct and uniform administration of the vessel inspection requirements applicable to tank vessels. The regulations in this subchapter (parts 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 38 and 39) have preemptive effect over state or local regulations in the same fields.
§ 30.01-2   OMB control numbers assigned pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act.
(a) Purpose. This section collects and displays the control numbers assigned to information collection and recordkeeping requirements in this subchapter by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. ). The Coast Guard intends that this section comply with the requirements of 44 U.S.C. 3507(f) which requires that agencies display a current control number assigned by the Director of the OMB for each approved agency information collection requirement.
(b) Display.
§ 30.01-3   Incorporation by reference.
(a) Certain material is incorporated by reference into this part with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. To enforce any edition other than that specified in this section, the Coast Guard must publish notice of change in the Federal Register and the material must be available to the public. All approved material is available for inspection at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202-741-6030 or go to http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_locations.html. Also, it is available for inspection at the Commandant (CG-ENG), Attn: Office of Design and Engineering Systems, U.S. Coast Guard Stop 7509, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20593-7509; telephone 202-372-1405, and is available from the sources listed below.
(b) American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, telephone 610-832-9585, http://www.astm.org.
(1) ASTM D 323-94, Standard Test Method for Vapor Pressure of Petroleum Products (Reid Method), incorporation by reference approved for §§ 30.10-22; 30.10-59.
(2) [Reserved]
§ 30.01-5   Application of regulations—TB/ALL.
33 CFR subchapter O (parts 151 through 157) contains additional design, equipment, and operations requirements relating to pollution prevention for vessels that carry oil.
(a) The regulations in this subchapter contain requirements for materials, design, construction, inspection, manning, and operation of tank vessels, including handling and stowage of cargo and duties of officers and crew. However, vessels certificated as passenger, cargo, and miscellaneous vessels, whose principal purpose or use is not the carriage of flammable or combustible liquid cargo in bulk, may be granted a permit to carry limited quantities of flammable or combustible liquid cargo in bulk in the grades indicated:
(1) Passenger vessels:
(i) Grade E in an integral tank; and
(ii) Grade E in a portable tank, including a marine portable tank (MPT), in accordance with subpart 98.30 or 98.33 of this chapter.
(2) Cargo vessels:
(i) Grades D and E in an integral tank; and
(ii) Grades D and E and certain specifically named Grade C in a portable tank, including an MPT, in accordance with subpart 98.30 or 98.33 of this chapter.
(3) Miscellaneous vessels, such as cable, salvage, pile-driving and oil-drilling-rig vessels:
(i) Grades B, C, D, and E in a fixed independent or integral tank authorized by the Commandant; and
(ii) Grades D and E and certain specifically named Grade C in a portable tank, including an MPT, in accordance with subpart 98.30 or 98.33 of this chapter.
(b) [Reserved]
(c) The vessels and services to which each regulation applies are indicated by letters in the heading of the section or paragraph. The first letter or two letters indicate the type of vessel and the letter or letters following the oblique line indicate the waters in which such vessels may operate. These letters are described as follows:
(1) “T” signifies a tankship.
(2) “B” signifies a tank barge when it precedes an oblique line; or it signifies service on bays, sounds, and lakes other than the Great Lakes when it follows an oblique line.
(3) “ALL” signifies service on all waters.
(4) “O” signifies service on ocean waters.
(5) “C” signifies services on coastwise waters.
(6) “L” signifies service on Great Lakes waters.
(7) “R” signifies service on river waters.
(d) This subchapter is applicable to all U.S.-flag vessels indicated in column 2 of table 2.01-7(a), except as follows:
(1) Any vessel operating exclusively on inland waters which are not navigable waters of the United States.
(2) Any vessel while laid up and dismantled and out of commission.
(3) With the exception of vessels of the U.S. Maritime Administration, any vessel with title vested in the United States and which is used for public purposes.
(e) This subchapter shall be applicable to all foreign flag vessels carrying combustible or flammable liquid cargo in bulk while in the navigable waters over which the United States has jurisdiction, except that:
(1) A vessel of a foreign nation signatory to the International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, which has on board a current valid Safety Equipment Certificate, or a vessel of a foreign nation having inspection laws approximating those of the United States, together with reciprocal inspection arrangements with the United States and which has on board a current valid certificate of inspection issued by its government under such arrangements, in either case, shall be subject only to the requirements of § 35.01-1 and the safety and cargo handling requirements in subparts 35.30 and 35.35 of this subchapter. In addition, these vessels shall report marine casualties occurring while they are in the navigable waters of the United States as required by subpart 35.15.
(2) A foreign flag vessel, except a public vessel, which operates on or enters the navigable waters of the United States, or which transfers oil in any port or place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, must comply with the provisions of § 31.10-21a and subparts 32.53, 32.59 and 34.05 of this chapter, as applicable.
(f) Notwithstanding the exceptions previously noted in paragraph (e) of this section, foreign vessels of novel design or construction, or whose operation involves potential unusual risks, shall be subject to inspection to the extent necessary to safeguard life and property in United States ports, as further provided by § 2.01-13 of subchapter A (Procedures applicable to the Public) of this chapter.
(g) Manned barges carrying any of the cargoes listed in table 30.25-1 will be considered individually by the Commandant and may be required to comply with the requirements of subchapter O of this chapter, as applicable, as well as the requirements of this subchapter.
(h) Subpart 30.30 contains procedures for evaluating vessel personnel licensing and certification programs of foreign countries which license or certificate personnel serving on tank vessels that enter or operate in U.S. navigable waters and ports.
§ 30.01-6   Application to vessels on an international voyage.
(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of this section, the regulations in this subchapter that apply to a vessel on an international voyage apply to a vessel that:
(1) Is mechanically propelled and of at least 500 gross tons; and
(2) Is engaged on a voyage:
(i) From a country to which the International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS 74) applies, to a port outside that country or the reverse;
(ii) From any territory, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, all possessions of the United States, and all lands held by the United States under a protectorate or mandate, whose international relations are the responsibility of a contracting SOLAS 74 government, or which is administered by the United Nations, to a port outside that territory or the reverse; or
(iii) Between the contiguous states of the United States and the states of Hawaii or Alaska or between the states of Hawaii and Alaska.
(b) The regulations that apply to a vessel on an international voyage in this subchapter do not apply to ships engaged on a voyage solely on the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River as far east as a straight line drawn from Cap des Rosiers to West Point, Anticosti Island and, on the north side of Anticosti Island, the 63rd Meridian;
(c) The Commandant or his authorized representative may exempt any vessel on an international voyage from the requirements of this subchapter if the vessel:
(1) Makes a single international voyage in exceptional circumstances; and
(2) Meets safety requirements prescribed for the voyage by the Commandant.
(d) The Commandant or his authorized representative may exempt any vessel from the construction requirements of this subchapter if the vessel does not proceed more than 20 nautical miles from the nearest land in the course of its voyage.
§ 30.01-7   Ocean or unlimited coastwise vessels on inland and Great Lakes Routes—TB/OC.
(a) Vessels inspected and certificated for ocean or unlimited coastwise routes shall be considered suitable for navigation insofar as the provisions of this subchapter are concerned on any inland route, including the Great Lakes.
§ 30.01-10   Application of regulations governing alterations or repairs—TB/ALL.
When major alterations or major repairs of tank vessels become necessary the work shall be done under the direction of the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, and shall be in accordance with the regulations in effect for new construction insofar as possible. When minor alterations or minor repairs of tank vessels become necessary such work shall be under the direction of the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, and shall be in accordance with the regulations in effect at the time the vessel was contracted for or built, or in accordance with the regulations in effect for new construction insofar as possible.
§ 30.01-15   Effective date of regulations—TB/ALL.
The regulations in this subchapter are not retroactive in effect unless specifically made so at the time the regulations are issued. Changes in specification requirements of articles of equipment, or materials used in construction of tank vessels, shall not apply to such items which have been passed as satisfactory until replacement shall become necessary, unless a specific finding is made that such equipment or material used is unsafe or hazardous and has to be removed from tank vessels.
§ 30.10-1   Definition of terms—TB/ALL.
Certain terms used in the regulations in this subchapter are defined in this subpart.
§ 30.10-2   Accommodation space—TB/ALL.
The term accommodation space means any public space such as a hall, dining room, mess room, lounge, corridor, lavatory, cabin, office, hospital, cinema, game and hobby room, pantry that contains no cooking appliances, and a similar space open to the passengers and crew.
§ 30.10-2a   Anniversary date—TB/ALL.
The term anniversary date means the day and the month of each year, which corresponds to the date of expiration of the Certificate of Inspection.
§ 30.10-3   Approved—TB/ALL.
The term approved means approved by the Commandant unless otherwise stated.
§ 30.10-5   Cargo—TB/ALL.
The term cargo means combustible liquid, flammable liquid, or liquefied flammable gas unless otherwise stated.
§ 30.10-5a   Cargo area—TB/ALL.
The term cargo area means that part of a vessel that includes the cargo tanks and other tanks into which cargo or cargo vapors are intentionally introduced, holds containing these tanks, all intervening space within, between, below, or outboard of these tanks or holds, and the deck area over the length and beam of the vessel above these tanks, holds, or spaces.
§ 30.10-5b   Cargo control station—TB/ALL.
The term cargo control station means a location that is manned during cargo transfer operations for the purpose of directing or controlling the loading or unloading of cargo.
§ 30.10-6   Cargo handling room—TB/ALL.
The term cargo handling room means any enclosed space where cargo is pumped, compressed, or processed. Examples of cargo handling rooms are pump rooms, compressor rooms, and cargo valve rooms.
§ 30.10-6a   Category A machinery space—TB/ALL.
The term Category A machinery space means any space and trunks and ducts to such a space that contains:
(a) Internal combustion machinery used for main propulsion;
(b) Internal combustion machinery used for purposes other than main propulsion where the total aggregate power is at least 500 brake horsepower;
(c) Internal combustion machinery that uses a fuel that has a flash point of less than 43.3°C (110°F); or
(d) One or more oil fired boilers or oil fuel units.
§ 30.10-7   Certificated—TB/ALL.
The term certificated when applied to tank vessels refers to a vessel covered by a certificate of inspection issued by the Coast Guard; when applied to mariners employed on tank vessels, the term refers to a certificate of ability issued by the Coast Guard.
§ 30.10-9   Classification requirements—TB/ALL.
The term classification requirements means applicable rules and supplementary requirements of the American Bureau of Shipping, or other recognized classification society.
§ 30.10-11   Coastwise—TB/C.
Under this designation shall be included all tank vessels normally navigating the waters of any ocean or the Gulf of America 20 nautical miles or less offshore.
§ 30.10-13   Cofferdam—TB/ALL.
The term cofferdam means a void or empty space separating two or more compartments for the purpose of isolation or to prevent the contents of one compartment from entering another in the event of the failure of the walls of one to retain their tightness.
§ 30.10-14   Combination carrier—TB/ALL.
The term combination carrier means a tank vessel designed to carry alternatively liquid and solid cargoes in bulk.
§ 30.10-15   Combustible liquid—TB/ALL.
The term combustible liquid means any liquid having a flashpoint above 80 °F. (as determined from an open-cup tester, as used for test of burning oils). In the regulations of this subchapter, combustible liquids are referred to by grades, as follows:
(a) Grade D. Any combustible liquid having a flashpoint below 150 °F. and above 80 °F.
(b) Grade E. Any combustible liquid having a flashpoint of 150 °F. or above.
§ 30.10-17   Commandant—TB/ALL.
The term Commandant means the Commandant of the Coast Guard.
§ 30.10-19   Coast Guard District Commander—TB/ALL.
The term Coast Guard District Commander means an officer of the Coast Guard designated as such by the Commandant to command all Coast Guard activities within his district which include the enforcement and administration of Subtitle II, Title 46, U.S. Code, Title 46 and Title 33, U.S. Code, and regulations issued under these statutes.
§ 30.10-19a   Control space—TB/ALL.
The term control space means an enclosed space in which is located a ship's radio, main navigating equipment, or emergency source of power or in which is located centralized fire recording or fire control equipment, but not including firefighting apparatus that must be located in the cargo area or individual pieces of firefighting equipment.
§ 30.10-20   Deadweight or DWT—TB/ALL.
The term deadweight or DWT means the difference in metric tons between the lightweight displacement and the total displacement of a vessel measured in water of specific gravity 1.025 at the load waterline corresponding to the summer freeboard assigned according to 46 CFR, subchapter E.
§ 30.10-21   Flammable or inflammable—TB/ALL.
The words flammable and inflammable are interchangeable or synonymous terms for the purpose of the regulations in this subchapter.
§ 30.10-22   Flammable liquid—TB/ALL.
The term flammable liquid means any liquid which gives off flammable vapors (as determined by flashpoint from an open-cup tester, as used for test of burning oils) at or below a temperature of 80 °F. Flammable liquids are referred to by grades as follows:
(a) Grade A. Any flammable liquid having a Reid 1 vapor pressure of 14 pounds or more.
1 American Society for Testing Materials Standard D 323 (incorporated by reference, see § 30.01-3), Method of Test for Vapor Pressure of Petroleum Products (Reid Method).
(b) Grade B. Any flammable liquid having a Reid 1 vapor pressure under 14 pounds and over 8 1/2 pounds.
(c) Grade C. Any flammable liquid having a Reid 1 vapor pressure of 8 1/2 pounds or less and a flashpoint of 80 °F. or below.
§ 30.10-23   Flame arrester—TB/ALL.
The term flame arrester means any device or assembly of a cellular, tubular, pressure, or other type used for preventing the passage of flames into enclosed spaces.
§ 30.10-25   Flame screen—TB/ALL.
The term flame screen means a fitted single screen of corrosion-resistant wire of at least 30 by 30 mesh, or two fitted screens, both of corrosion-resistant wire, of at least 20 by 20 mesh, spaced not less than 1/2 inch or more than 1 1/2 inches apart.
§ 30.10-27   Flashpoint—TB/ALL.
The term flashpoint indicates the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit at which a liquid gives off a flammable vapor when heated in an open-cup tester. For the purpose of the regulations in this subchapter, flashpoints determined by other testing methods will be equivalent to those determined with an open-cup tester, as follows:
Table 30.10-27—Equivalent Flashpoints
[In degrees Fahrenheit]
§ 30.10-29   Gas free—TB/ALL.
The term gas free means free from dangerous concentrations of flammable or toxic gases.
§ 30.10-31   General rules and regulations—TB/ALL.
The term general rules and regulations means the requirements contained in this chapter.
§ 30.10-33   Great Lakes—TB/L.
Under this designation shall be included all tank vessels navigating the Great Lakes.
§ 30.10-35   Headquarters—TB/ALL.
The term Headquarters means the Commandant (CG-CVC), Attn: Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance, U.S. Coast Guard Stop 7501, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20593-7501.
§ 30.10-37   Keel laying date—TB/ALL.
The term keel laying date means the date upon which progressive construction identifiable with a specific vessel begins, including construction of the first module or prefabricated section of the hull that is identifiable with that vessel.
§ 30.10-38   Lightweight—TB/ALL.
The term lightweight means the displacement of a vessel in metric tons without cargo, oil fuel, lubricating oil, ballast water, fresh water, feedwater in tanks, consumable stores, and persons and their effects.
§ 30.10-39   Liquefied flammable gas—TB/ALL.
The term liquefied flammable gas means any flammable gas having a Reid vapor pressure exceeding 40 pounds, which has been liquefied.
§ 30.10-41   Lakes, bays, and sounds—TB/B.
Under this designation shall be included all tank vessels navigating the waters of any of the lakes, bays, or sounds other than the waters of the Great Lakes.
§ 30.10-42   Machinery space—TB/ALL.
The term machinery space means any space that contains machinery and related equipment including Category A machinery spaces, propelling machinery, boilers, oil fuel units, steam and internal combustion engines, generators and centralized electrical machinery, oil filling stations, refrigeration, stabilizing, ventilation, and air conditioning machinery, and similar spaces and trunks to such spaces.
§ 30.10-43   Marine inspector or inspector—TB/ALL.
The terms marine inspector or inspector mean any person from the civilian or military branch of the Coast Guard assigned under the superintendence and direction of an Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, or any other person as may be designated for the performance of duties with respect to the enforcement and administration of Subtitle II, Title 46, U.S. Code, Title 46 and Title 33, U.S. Code, and regulations issued under these statutes.
§ 30.10-45   Ocean—TB/O.
Under this designation shall be included all tank vessels normally navigating the waters of any ocean or the Gulf of America more than 20 nautical miles offshore.
§ 30.10-47   Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection—TB/ALL.
The term Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, means any person from the civilian or military branch of the Coast Guard designated as such by the Commandant and who under the superintendence and direction of the Coast Guard District Commander is in charge of an inspection zone for the performance of duties with respect to the enforcement and administration of Subtitle II, Title 46, U.S. Code, Title 46 and Title 33, U.S. Code, and regulations issued under these statutes.
§ 30.10-48   Oil fuel—TB/ALL.
The term oil fuel means oil used as fuel for machinery in the vessel in which it is carried.
§ 30.10-48a   Oil fuel unit—TB/ALL.
The term oil fuel unit means the equipment used for the preparation of oil fuel for delivery to an oil fired boiler, the equipment used for the preparation of heated oil fuel for delivery to an internal combustion engine, and any oil fuel pressure pump, filter, and heater that deals with oil at a pressure of more than 1.8 kilograms per square centimeter (25 p.s.i.) gauge.
§ 30.10-49   Permit—TB/ALL.
The term permit refers to endorsement on the certificate of inspection, authorizing the presence on board of liquid flammable or combustible cargoes in bulk, issued by an Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, for a tank vessel which is found to be in substantial compliance with the regulations in this subchapter.
§ 30.10-50   Pilot boarding equipment and point of access.
(a) Pilot boarding equipment means a pilot ladder, accommodation ladder, pilot hoist, or combination of them as required by this subchapter.
(b) Point of access means the place on deck of a vessel where a person steps onto or off of pilot boarding equipment.
§ 30.10-55   Pressure vacuum relief valve—TB/ALL.
The term pressure vacuum relief valve means any device or assembly of a mechanical, liquid, weight, or other type used for the automatic regulation of pressure or vacuum in enclosed places.
§ 30.10-57   Recognized classification society—TB/ALL.
The term recognized classification society means the American Bureau of Shipping or other classification society recognized by the Commandant.
§ 30.10-59   Reid vapor pressure—TB/ALL.
The term Reid vapor pressure means the vapor pressure of a liquid at a temperature of 100 °F., expressed in pounds per square inch absolute, as determined by the Reid Method as described in the American Society for Testing Materials Standard D 323 (incorporated by reference, see § 30.01-3), Method of Test for Vapor Pressure of Petroleum Products. This Standard is available at Headquarters for reading purposes or it may be purchased from the Society at 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959.
§ 30.10-61   Rivers—TB/R.
Under this designation shall be included all tank vessels whose navigation is restricted to rivers and/or to canals, exclusively.
§ 30.10-62   Self-propelled tank vessel—TB/ALL.
Self-propelled tank vessel means a self-propelled tank vessel other than a tankship.
§ 30.10-62a   Service spaces—TB/ALL.
Service spaces are spaces that are used for galleys, pantries containing cooking appliances, lockers, storerooms, paint and lamp rooms and similar spaces that contain highly combustible materials, laundries, garbage and trash disposal and stowage rooms, workshops other than those forming part of the machinery spaces, and similar spaces and trunks to such spaces.
§ 30.10-63   Spark arrester—TB/ALL.
The term spark arrester means any device, assembly, or method of a mechanical, centrifugal, cooling, or other type and of a size suitable for the retention or quenching of sparks in exhaust pipes from internal combustion engines.
§ 30.10-65   Tank barge—B/ALL.
The term tank barge means a nonself-propelled tank vessel.
§ 30.10-67   Tankship—T/ALL.
The term tankship means a self-propelled tank vessel constructed or adapted primarily to carry oil or hazardous material in bulk in the cargo spaces.
§ 30.10-69   Tank vessel—TB/ALL.
The term tank vessel means a vessel that is constructed or adapted to carry, or that carries, oil or hazardous material in bulk as cargo or cargo residue, and that—
(a) Is a vessel of the United States;
(b) Operates on the navigable waters of the United States; or
(c) Transfers oil or hazardous material in a port or place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
§ 30.10-71   Tank vessel endorsements—TB/ALL.
The following ratings are established in part 13 of this chapter. The terms for the ratings identify persons holding valid endorsements for service in the ratings issued under that part:
(a) Tank Vessel-PIC.
(b) Tank Barge-PIC.
(c) Restricted Tank Vessel-PIC.
(d) Restricted Tank Barge-PIC.
(e) Tank Vessel-Assistant.
(f) Tank Vessel-Engineer.
§ 30.15-1   Conditions under which equivalents may be used—TB/ALL.
(a) Where in this subchapter it is provided that a particular fitting, material, appliance, apparatus, or equipment, or type thereof, shall be fitted or carried in a vessel, or that any particular provision shall be made or arrangement shall be adopted, the Commandant may accept in substitution therefor any other fitting, material, apparatus, or equipment, or type thereof, or any other arrangement: Provided, That he shall have been satisfied by suitable trials that the fitting, material, appliance, apparatus, or equipment, or type thereof, or the provision or arrangement is at least as effective as that specified in this subchapter.
(b) In any case where it is shown to the satisfaction of the Commandant that the use of any particular equipment, apparatus, or arrangement not specifically required by law is unreasonable or impracticable, the Commandant may permit the use of alternate equipment, apparatus, or arrangement to such an extent and upon such conditions as will insure, to his satisfaction, a degree of safety consistent with the minimum standards set forth in this subchapter.
§ 30.25-1   Cargoes carried in vessels certificated under the rules of this subchapter.
(a) Table 30.25-1 lists flammable or combustible cargoes that, when transported in bulk, must be in vessels certificated under this subchapter D.
(b) A mixture or blend of two or more cargoes appearing in Table 30.25-1 may be transported under this subchapter D.
(c) A mixture or blend of one or more cargoes appearing in Table 30.25-1 and one or more cargoes appearing in Table 2, 46 CFR part 153, may be carried under this subchapter D if the mixture is flammable or combustible.
(d) Any mixture containing one or more cargoes categorized by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and listed in Table 30.25-1 as a category X, Y, or Z noxious liquid substance (NLS) may be carried in bulk—
(1) Under this subchapter D if the vessel is not regulated under 46 CFR part 153;
(2) Under part 153 if the vessel is regulated under that part; or alternatively under 33 CFR part 151 if the cargo is listed in 33 CFR 151.49; or
(3) Under 33 CFR part 151 if the cargo is listed in 33 CFR 151.47.
Table 30.25-1—List of Flammable and Combustible Bulk Liquid Cargoes
[See NOTES at the end of this table for an explanation of symbols and terms used in this table. See Table 2, 46 CFR part 153, for additional cargoes that may be carried by a tank barge.]
Notes:
“#” = The noxious liquid substance status is undetermined—see 46 CFR 153.900(c) for shipping on an oceangoing vessel.
“†” = Marine occupational safety and health regulations for benzene, 46 CFR part 197, subpart C, may apply to this cargo.
“[ ]” = Provisional categorization to which the United States is party.
“@” = The noxious liquid substance category has been assigned by the Coast Guard, in the absence of one assigned by the IMO. The category is based on a GESAMP Hazard Profile or, by analogy, to a closely related product having a noxious liquid substance assigned.
Bolded entries were added from the March 2012 Annex to the 2007 edition of the IBC Code (MEPC 63/23/Add.1), the December 2012 IMO Marine Environmental Protection Committee Circular (MEPC.2/Circ.18), or the December 2013 IMO Marine Environmental Protection Committee Circular (MEPC.2/Circ.19).
“Cat” = Pollution category.
“F” = Flammable (flash point less than or equal to 60 °C (140 °F).
“I” = An “oil” under MARPOL Annex I.
Italicized words are not part of the cargo name, but may be used in addition to the cargo name.
“LFG” = Liquid flammable gas.
“n.o.s.” = Not otherwise specified.
“OS” = An “other substance” considered at present to pose no harm to marine resources, human health, amenities, or other legitimate uses of the sea when discharged into the sea from tank cleaning or deballasting operations.
“see” = A redirection to the preferred, alternative cargo name—for example, in “ Diethyl ether, see Ethyl ether,” the pollution category for “diethyl ether” will be found under the preferred, alternative cargo name “ethyl ether.”
“ST” = Ship type, as defined in Chapter 2 of the 2020 International Bulk Chemical Code.
“X,” “Y,” and “Z” = Noxious liquid substance categories under MARPOL Annex II.
§ 30.25-3   Benzene.
The provisions contained in 46 CFR part 197, subpart C, apply to liquid cargoes containing 0.5% or more benzene by volume.
§ 30.30-1   Scope and purpose.
(a) This subpart contains procedures for evaluating vessel personnel licensing and certification programs of foreign countries. Evaluations are done for countries which license or certificate personnel serving on tank vessels that enter or operate in U.S. navigable waters and ports.
(b) The purpose of each evaluation is to determine whether a foreign licensing and certification program has standards that are comparable to or more stringent than U.S. standards.
(c) A determination that licensing and certification standards of a foreign country are not comparable to or more stringent than U.S. standards will subject tank vessels manned with officers licensed by that country to the prohibition in 46 U.S.C. 70021(a)(5) on operation with those officers in U.S. navigable waters and ports.
§ 30.30-3   Evaluation materials.
The materials to be submitted for evaluation must include the English text of the following:
(a) All laws, decrees, orders, and regulations relating to manning, training, qualification, and watchkeeping of personnel on tank vessels engaged in foreign trade.
(b) A copy of each type of license and certificate issued by the country to tank vessel personnel.
§ 30.30-5   Submission of evaluation materials.
(a) The evaluation materials listed in § 30.30-3 should be sent to Commandant (CG-CVC), Attn: Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance, U.S. Coast Guard Stop 7501, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20593-7501. The materials should include the name and address of the person to whom correspondence concerning the evaluation can be sent.
(b) Updated materials may be submitted at any time during the evaluation process.
§ 30.30-7   Availability of materials.
Evaluation materials submitted in accordance with this subpart will be available for inspection and copying at Coast Guard Headquarters. Contact Commandant (CG-CVC), Attn: Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance, U.S. Coast Guard Stop 7501, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20593-7501; telephone 202-372-1251.
§ 30.30-9   Evaluation.
Materials submitted in accordance with this subpart will be evaluated by comparison to the regulations in parts 5, 10, and 13 of this chapter, and by comparison to the U.S. laws referenced in those regulations.
§ 30.30-11   Determinations.
(a) After evaluation of materials submitted in accordance with this subpart, a determination will be made as to whether the licensing and certification program described by the materials has standards that are comparable to or more stringent than standards set by the regulations and laws referenced in § 30.30-9.
(b) Notice of each determination made in accordance with this section and a brief explanation of reasons therefor will be published in the Federal Register. A copy of this notice will also be sent to the person whose name is provided in accordance with § 30.30-5.
(c) Each determination remains in effect for 5 years unless sooner cancelled.
(d) Any request to reconsider a determination must be submitted to the address listed in § 30.30-5 and must include a statement of reasons in support. The person submitting the request will be notified in writing of the action taken.