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Title 46 → Chapter I → Subchapter I → Part 98 → Subpart 98.30 → §98.30-17

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Title 46: Shipping
PART 98—SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION, ARRANGEMENT, AND OTHER PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN DANGEROUS CARGOES IN BULK
Subpart 98.30—Portable Tanks and Intermediate Bulk Containers

§98.30-17 Leakage containment.

(a) No person may transfer a product to or from a vessel unless there is a container or enclosed deck area that meets the requirements of this section under or around each transfer connection area.

(b) Each container or enclosed deck area must hold, in all conditions of vessel list or trim to be encountered during the transferring operation, 5 gallons or more and must have a means of draining or removing any leakage without mixing incompatible products or discharging into the water.

[CGD 73-172, 39 FR 22954, June 25, 1974. Redesignated by USCG-2011-0088, 78 FR 54785, Sept. 6, 2013]

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