46 CFR 154.1730
§ 154.1730 Ethylene oxide: Loading and off loading.
United States · 46 CFR — Shipping · Status: effective
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- 46 CFR 154.1730, § 154.1730 Ethylene oxide: Loading and off loading, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/229028
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(a) The master shall ensure that before ethylene oxide is loaded into a cargo tank:
(1) The tank is thoroughly clean, dry, and free of rust;
(2) The hold spaces are inerted with an inert gas that meets § 154.1710(b)(1); and
(3) The cargo tank vapor space is inerted with nitrogen.
(b) Ethylene oxide must be off loaded by a deepwell pump or inert gas displacement.
(c) Ethylene oxide must not be carried in deck tanks.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.