Required Regulations for Drums and Containers - 49 CFR 176

49 CFR 176 (titled "Carriage by Vessel") details DOT requirements for shipping hazardous materials via vessels. It provides the following information, broken into the following subparts:

• General information (Subpart A)
• General requirements of operating a vessel carrying hazardous materials (Subpart B)
• General handling and stowage requirements (Subpart C)
• Requirements regarding segregation of incompatible hazardous materials on ship (Subpart D)
• Special requirements regarding transport vehicles carrying hazardous materials that are transported onboard ferries (Subpart E)
• Special requirements for barges (Subpart F)
• Detailed requirements regarding Class 1 (explosive) materials (Subpart G)
• Detailed requirements regarding Class 2 (compressed gas) materials (Subpart H)
• Detailed requirements regarding Class 3 (flammable) and other combustible liquid materials (Subpart I)
• Detailed requirements regarding Class 4 (flammable solids) and Class 5 (oxidizers and organic peroxides) materials and Division 1.5 materials (Subpart J)
• Details requirements for Division 2.3 (poisonous gas) and Division 6.1 (poisonous) materials (Subpart L)
• Detailed requirements regarding Class 8 (corrosive materials) (Subpart N)
• Detailed requirements regarding cotton and vegetable fibers, motor vehicles, polymeric beads, and plastic molding compounds (Subpart O)

Employers should consult this standard when shipping hazardous materials by vessel.

Note that Subpart K is reserved.

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