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Part 153 — Ships Carrying Bulk Liquid, Liquefied Gas, or Compressed Gas Hazardous Materials

203 sections · Title 46: Shipping

§ 153.0Availability of materials.
§ 153.1Applicability.
§ 153.2Definitions and acronyms.
§ 153.3Right of appeal.
§ 153.4Incorporation by reference.
§ 153.7Ships built before December 27, 1977 and non-self-propelled ships built before July 1, 1983: Application.
§ 153.8Procedures for requesting an endorsed Certificate of Inspection.
§ 153.9Foreign flag vessel endorsement application.
§ 153.10Procedures for requesting alternatives and waivers; termination of waivers.
§ 153.12IMO Certificates for United States Ships.
§ 153.15Conditions under which the Coast Guard issues a Certificate of Inspection or Certificate of Compliance.
§ 153.16Requirements for foreign flag vessel permits.
§ 153.30Special area endorsement.
§ 153.40Determination of materials that are hazardous.
§ 153.190Stability requirements.
§ 153.201Openings to accommodation, service or control spaces.
§ 153.208Ballast equipment.
§ 153.209Bilge pumping systems.
§ 153.214Personnel emergency and safety equipment.
§ 153.215Safety equipment lockers.
§ 153.216Shower and eyewash fountains.
§ 153.217Access to enclosed spaces and dedicated ballast tanks.
§ 153.219Access to double bottom tanks serving as dedicated ballast tanks.
§ 153.230Type I system.
§ 153.231Type II system.
§ 153.232Type III system.
§ 153.233Separation of tanks from machinery, service and other spaces.
§ 153.234Fore and aft location.
§ 153.235Exceptions to cargo piping location restrictions.
§ 153.236Prohibited materials.
§ 153.238Required materials.
§ 153.239Use of cast iron.
§ 153.240Insulation.
§ 153.250Double-bottom and deep tanks as cargo tanks.
§ 153.251Independent cargo tanks.
§ 153.252Special requirement for an independent cargo tank.
§ 153.254Cargo tank access.
§ 153.256Trunks, domes, and openings of cargo tanks.
§ 153.266Tank linings.
§ 153.280Piping system design.
§ 153.281Piping to independent tanks.
§ 153.282Cargo filling lines.
§ 153.283Valving for cargo piping.
§ 153.284Characteristics of required quick closing valves.
§ 153.285Valving for cargo pump manifolds.
§ 153.292Separation of piping systems.
§ 153.294Marking of piping systems.
§ 153.296Emergency shutdown stations.
§ 153.297Emergency actuators at the point of cargo control.
§ 153.310Ventilation system type.
§ 153.312Ventilation system standards.
§ 153.314Ventilation of spaces not usually occupied.
§ 153.316Special cargo pumproom ventilation rate.
§ 153.330Access.
§ 153.332Hoisting arrangement.
§ 153.333Cargo pump discharge pressure gauge.
§ 153.334Bilge pumping systems.
§ 153.336Special cargo pump or pumproom requirements.
§ 153.350Location of B/3 vent discharges.
§ 153.351Location of 4m vent discharges.
§ 153.352B/3 and 4 m venting system outlets.
§ 153.353High velocity vents.
§ 153.354Venting system inlet.
§ 153.355PV venting systems.
§ 153.358Venting system flow capacity.
§ 153.360Venting system restriction.
§ 153.361Arrangements for removal of valves from venting systems having multiple relief valves.
§ 153.362Venting system drain.
§ 153.364Venting system supports.
§ 153.365Liquid overpressurization protection.
§ 153.368Pressure-vacuum valves.
§ 153.370Minimum relief valve setting for ambient temperature cargo tanks.
§ 153.371Minimum relief valve setting for refrigerated cargo tanks.
§ 153.372Gauges and vapor return for cargo vapor pressures exceeding 100 kPa (approx. 14.7 psia).
§ 153.400General requirements for gauges.
§ 153.404Standards for containment systems having required closed gauges.
§ 153.406Standards for containment systems having required restricted gauges.
§ 153.407Special requirements for sounding tube gauges.
§ 153.408Tank overflow control.
§ 153.409High level alarms.
§ 153.430Heat transfer systems; general.
§ 153.432Cooling systems.
§ 153.434Heat transfer coils within a tank.
§ 153.436Heat transfer fluids: compatibility with cargo.
§ 153.438Cargo pressure or temperature alarms required.
§ 153.440Cargo temperature sensors.
§ 153.460Fire protection systems.
§ 153.461Electrical bonding of independent tanks.
§ 153.462Static discharges from inert gas systems.
§ 153.463Vent system discharges.
§ 153.465Flammable vapor detector.
§ 153.466Electrical equipment.
§ 153.470System for discharge of NLS residue to the sea: Categories A, B, C, and D.
§ 153.480Stripping quantity for Category B and C NLS tanks on ships built after June 30, 1986: Categories B and C.
§ 153.481Stripping quantities and interim standards for Category B NLS tanks on ships built before July 1, 1986: Category B.
§ 153.482Stripping quantities and interim standards for Category C NLS tanks on ships built before July 1, 1986: Category C.
§ 153.483Restricted voyage waiver for Category B and C NLS tanks on ships built before July 1, 1986: Category B and C.
§ 153.484Prewash equipment.
§ 153.486Design and equipment for removing NLS residue by ventilation: Categories A, B, C, and D.
§ 153.488Design and equipment for tanks carrying high melting point NLSs: Category B.
§ 153.490Cargo Record Book and Approved Procedures and Arrangements Manual: Categories A, B, C, and D.
§ 153.491Waiver of certain equipment for dedicated cargo tanks.
§ 153.500Inert gas systems.
§ 153.501Requirement for dry inert gas.
§ 153.515Special requirements for extremely flammable cargoes.
§ 153.520Special requirements for carbon disulfide.
§ 153.525Special requirements for unusually toxic cargoes.
§ 153.526Toxic vapor detectors.
§ 153.527Toxic vapor protection.
§ 153.530Special requirements for alkylene oxides.
§ 153.545Special requirements for liquid sulfur.
§ 153.554Special requirements for acids.
§ 153.555Special requirements for inorganic acids.
§ 153.556Special requirements for sulfuric acid and oleum.
§ 153.557Special requirements for hydrochloric acid.
§ 153.558Special requirements for phosphoric acid.
§ 153.559Special requirements for nitric acid (less than 70 percent).
§ 153.560Special requirements for Alkyl (C7-C9) nitrates.
§ 153.565Special requirement for temperature sensors.
§ 153.602Special requirements for cargoes reactive with water.
§ 153.806Loading information.
§ 153.808Examination required for a Certificate of Compliance.
§ 153.809Procedures for having the Coast Guard examine a vessel for a Certificate of Compliance.
§ 153.812Inspection for Certificate of Inspection.
§ 153.900Certificates and authorization to carry a bulk liquid hazardous material.
§ 153.901Documents: Posting, availability, and alteration.
§ 153.902Expiration and invalidation of the Certificate of Compliance.
§ 153.903Operating a United States ship in special areas: Categories A, B, and C.
§ 153.904Limitations in the endorsement.
§ 153.905Regulations required to be on board.
§ 153.907Cargo information.
§ 153.908Cargo viscosity and melting point information; measuring cargo temperature during discharge: Categories A, B, and C.
§ 153.909Completing the Cargo Record Book and record retention: Categories A, B, C, and D.
§ 153.910Cargo piping plan.
§ 153.912Certificate of inhibition or stabilization.
§ 153.920Cargo quantity limitations.
§ 153.921Explosives.
§ 153.923Inerting systems.
§ 153.930Cargo antidotes.
§ 153.931Obstruction of pumproom ladderways.
§ 153.932Goggles and protective clothing.
§ 153.933Chemical protective clothing.
§ 153.934Entry into spaces containing cargo vapor.
§ 153.935Opening of tanks and cargo sampling.
§ 153.935aStorage of cargo samples.
§ 153.936Illness, alcohol, drugs.
§ 153.940Standards for marking of cargo hose.
§ 153.953Signals during cargo transfer.
§ 153.955Warning signs during cargo transfer.
§ 153.957Persons in charge of transferring liquid cargo in bulk or cleaning cargo tanks.
§ 153.959Approval to begin transfer operations required.
§ 153.964Discharge by gas pressurization.
§ 153.966Discharge by liquid displacement.
§ 153.968Cargo transfer conference.
§ 153.970Cargo transfer piping.
§ 153.972Connecting a cargo hose.
§ 153.975Preparation for cargo transfer.
§ 153.976Transfer of packaged cargo or ship's stores.
§ 153.977Supervision of cargo transfer.
§ 153.979Gauging with a sounding tube.
§ 153.980Isolation of automatic closing valves.
§ 153.981Leaving room in tank for cargo expansion.
§ 153.983Termination procedures.
§ 153.1000Special operating requirements for cargoes reactive with water.
§ 153.1002Special operating requirements for heat sensitive cargoes.
§ 153.1003Prohibited carriage in deck tanks.
§ 153.1004Inhibited and stabilized cargoes.
§ 153.1010Alkylene oxides.
§ 153.1011Changing containment systems and hoses to and from alkylene oxide service.
§ 153.1020Unusually toxic cargoes.
§ 153.1025Motor fuel antiknock compounds.
§ 153.1035Acetone cyanohydrin or lactonitrile solutions.
§ 153.1040Carbon disulfide.
§ 153.1045Inorganic acids.
§ 153.1046Sulfuric acid.
§ 153.1052Carriage of other cargoes in acid tanks.
§ 153.1060Benzene.
§ 153.1065Sodium chlorate solutions.
§ 153.1100Responsibility of the person in charge.
§ 153.1101Procedures for getting a Surveyor: Approval of Surveyors.
§ 153.1102Handling and disposal of NLS residue: Categories A, B, C, and D.
§ 153.1104Draining of cargo hose: Categories A, B, C, and D.
§ 153.1106Cleaning agents.
§ 153.1108Heated 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.
§ 153.1112Prewash for tanks containing Category A NLS residue.
§ 153.1114Conditions under which a prewash may be omitted: Categories A, B, and C.
§ 153.1116Prewash for tanks unloaded without following the approved Procedures and Arrangements Manual: Categories B and C.
§ 153.1118Prewash of Categories B and C cargo tanks not meeting stripping standards: Categories B and C.
§ 153.1119When 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.
§ 153.1120Procedures for tank prewash: Categories A, B, and C.
§ 153.1122Discharges of NLS residue from tank washing other than a prewash: Categories A, B, and C.
§ 153.1124Discharges of Category D NLS residue.
§ 153.1126Discharge of NLS residue from a slop tank to the sea: Categories A, B, C, and D.
§ 153.1128Discharge of NLS residue from a cargo tank to the sea: Categories A. B, C, and D.
§ 153.1130Failure of slops discharge recording equipment; operating with, reporting failures, and replacing pollution equipment: Category A, B, C, D.
§ 153.1132Reporting spills and non-complying discharges: Category A, B, C, and D.
§ 153.1500Venting system rupture disks.
§ 153.1502Fixed ballast relocation.
§ 153.1504Inspection of personnel emergency and safety equipment.
§ 153.1600Equipment required for conducting the stripping quantity test.
§ 153.1602Test procedure for determining the stripping quantity.
§ 153.1604Determining the stripping quantity from the test results.
§ 153.1608Calculation of total NLS residue and clingage NLS residue.