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Code of Federal Regulations Title 46. Shipping § 46.148.155 Stowage and segregation for potentially dangerous materials

Current as of January 02, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A PDM must be stowed and segregated according to the requirements of this section and Table 148.155 of this section.

(b) When transporting coal—

(1) Coal must be stowed separate from materials of Class/division 1.4 and Classes 2, 3, 4, and 5 in packaged form;  and separated from bulk solid materials of Classes 4 and 5.1;

(2) No material of Class 5.1, in either packaged or bulk solid form, may be stowed above or below a cargo of coal;  and

(3) Coal must be separated longitudinally by an intervening complete cargo compartment or hold from materials of Class 1 other than Class/division 1.4.

(c) When transporting direct reduced iron (DRI)—

(1) DRI lumps, pellets, or cold-molded briquettes, and DRI hot-molded briquettes, must be separated from materials of Class/division 1.4, Classes 2, 3, 4, 5, Class 8 acids in packaged form, and bulk solid materials of Classes 4 and 5.1;  and

(2) No material of Class 1, other than Class/division 1.4, may be transported on the same vessel with DRI.

(d) Petroleum coke, calcined or uncalcined, must be—

(1) Separated longitudinally by an intervening complete cargo compartment or hold from materials of Class/divisions 1.1 and 1.5;  and

(2) Separated by a complete cargo compartment or hold from all hazardous materials and other potentially dangerous materials in packaged and bulk solid form.

Table 148.155—Stowage and Segregation Requirements for Potentially Dangerous Material

Potentially dangerous material

Segregate as for class listed 1

“Separate from” foodstuffs

Load only under dry weather conditions

Keep dry

Mechanical ventilation required

“Separate from” material listed

Special provisions

Aluminum Smelting By-products or Aluminum Re-melting Byproducts

4.3

X

X

X

X

Class 8 liquids

Brown Coal Briquettes

See paragraph (b) of this section

See paragraph (b) of this section.

Charcoal

4.1

X

Oily materials

Coal

See paragraph (b) of this section

See paragraph (b) of this section.

Direct reduced iron (A)

See paragraph (c) of this section

See paragraph (c) of this section.

Direct reduced iron (B)

See paragraph (c) of this section

See paragraph (c) of this section.

Ferrophosphorus

4.3

X

X

X

X

Class 8 liquids

Ferrolilicon

4.3

X

X

X

X

Class 8 liquids

Fluorospar

X

Class 8 liquids

Lime, Unslaked

X

All packaged and bulk solid hazardous materials

Linted Cotton Seed

X

Magnesia, Unslaked

All packaged and bulk solid hazardous materials

Metal Sulfide Concentrates

4.2

X

Class 8 liquids

Petroleum Coke

X

See section 148.155(d).

Pitch Prill

4.1

Pyrites, Calcined

X

X

X

X

Sawdust

4.1

X

All Class 5.1 and 8 liquids

Silicomanganese

4.3

X

X

X

X

Class 8 liquids

Tankage

4.2

X

X

Vanadium

6.1

X

Wood chips

4.1

Wood pellets

4.1

Wood pulp pellets

4.1

1 See Tables 148.120A and B.

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