46 CFR § 154.300 - Segregation of hold spaces from other spaces.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s154.300"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 154.300 - Segregation of hold spaces from other spaces."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "154.300"
section_name: "Segregation of hold spaces from other spaces."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "O"
subchapter_name: "CERTAIN BULK DANGEROUS CARGOES"
part_number: "154"
part_name: "SAFETY STANDARDS FOR SELF-PROPELLED VESSELS CARRYING BULK LIQUEFIED GASES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "46 U.S.C. 3703, 9101; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1."
regulatory_source: "CGD 74-289, 44 FR 26009, May 3, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "154"
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# 154.300 Segregation of hold spaces from other spaces.
Hold spaces must be segregated from machinery and boiler spaces, accommodation, service and control spaces, chain lockers, potable, domestic and feed water tanks, store rooms and spaces immediately below or outboard of hold spaces by a:
(a) Cofferdam, fuel oil tank, or single gastight A-60 Class Division of all welded construction in a cargo containment system not required by this part to have a secondary barrier;
(b) Cofferdam or fuel oil tank in a cargo containment system required by this part to have a secondary barrier; or
(c) If there are no sources of ignition or fire hazards in the adjoining space, single gastight A-O Class Division of all welded construction.