46 CFR § 98.33-5 - Portable tanks and IBCs authorized.

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title: "46 CFR § 98.33-5 - Portable tanks and IBCs authorized."
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title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "98.33-5"
section_name: "Portable tanks and IBCs authorized."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "CARGO AND MISCELLANEOUS VESSELS"
part_number: "98"
part_name: "SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION, ARRANGEMENT, AND OTHER PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN DANGEROUS CARGOES IN BULK"
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authority: "33 U.S.C. 1903; 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3307, 3703; 49 U.S.C. App. 1804; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1."
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# 98.33-5 Portable tanks and IBCs authorized.

(a) The cargoes authorized under § 98.33-3 may be transferred to and from portable tanks to which this subpart applies if the portable tanks have:

(1) A minimum design pressure of 9 psig.

(2) Pressure-relief devices that may be frangible pressure-relief devices (rupture disks), and that do not open at less than 3 psig.

(b) The cargoes authorized under § 98.33-3 may be transferred to and from IBCs to which this subpart applies if the IBCs meet the requirements in § 98.30-6.

[CGD 84-043, 55 FR 37412, Sept. 11, 1990; 55 FR 47477, Nov. 14, 1990; USCG-2011-0088, 78 FR 54788, Sept. 6, 2013]