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(b) Use White acid label only (corrosive liquid) when white acid and yellow or poison labels are prescribed.

(c) Use Yellow label only when yellow and poison label are prescribed.

Labels.

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§ 146.05-17 Shippers shall furnish and attach the labels prescribed for their packages.

(b) Labels shall not be applied to packages containing articles which are not subject to the regulations in this part.

(c) Shippers shall not apply labels which by their size, shape and color, may readily be confused with standard caution labels prescribed in this section.

(d) Labels shall conform to standard as required by the Interstate Commerce Commission regulations.

(e) A combination diamond-shaped label-tag of proper size and color, bearing on one side the shipping information and on the reverse side the wording prescribed herein, will be permitted. (f) Red label for inflammable liquids. (Reduced size)

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SUBPART-VESSEL'S REQUIREMENTS RE: ACCEPTANCE, HANDLING, STORAGE, ETC. SOURCE: §§ 146.06-1 to 146.06-20 contained in Order 74, 6 F. R. 273, except as noted following sections affected.

§ 146.06-1 Acceptance on board vessels. Explosives or other dangerous articles or substances or combustible liquids that are permitted by the regulations in this part to be placed on board vessels, or to be on board a vessel within the navigable waters of the United States, may be accepted and transported or stored on board vessels subject to the regulations in this part when such articles are described upon the shipper's originating shipping order or a transfer shipping paper or otherwise in writing by a shipping name as shown in the commodity list of explosives and other dangerous articles herein, and provided label notations are shown on the shipping paper as they apply to the various substances. The owner, charterer, agent, master or person in charge of a vessel shall ascertain to his own satisfaction that the outside container is one of the acceptable containers as shown in the tables for the particular substance named on the shipping paper. Shipments tendered in United States ports to vessels which are initial carriers shall not be accepted unless the originating shipping order carries the shipper's certification as to description, packing, marking and condiiton as required by § 146.05-11. Shipments tendered in United States ports to vessels which are connecting carriers

shall not be accepted unless the transfer shipping paper contains sufficient information to identify the preceding shipping paper. Shipments originating in a foreign port shall not be transported, carried, conveyed, or stowed by any vessel upon the navigable waters of the United States unless accompanied by bills of lading upon which the shipper or his agent has certified that the goods are described, packed and marked in accordance with the regulations in this part.

§ 146.06-2 Explosives prohibited on any vessel. No explosive or explosive composition expressly prohibited by the provisions of subsection 3 of R. S. 4472 as amended shall be transported, carried, conveyed, stored, stowed or used on board any vessel.

§ 146.06-3 Articles not permitted on vessels. No high explosive or other explosive or other dangerous article or substance or combustible liquid shall be transported, carried, conveyed, stored, stowed or used on board any vessel unless such transportation, carriage, conveyance, storage, stowage or use is permitted by the regulations in this part.

§ 146.06-4 Acceptance of permitted articles. The commodity list and the tables forming part of the regulations in this subchapter indicate the explosives and other dangerous articles and combustible liquids that are permitted to be transported, carried, conveyed, stored, stowed, or used on board any vessel. No such articles shall be transported, carried, conveyed, stored, stowed, or used on board any vessel unless they comply with the conditions as shown for the substance in the commodity list and tables and the other provisions of the regulations in this subchapter as they apply to the particular character of vessel.

§ 146.06-5 "Order-Notify" or "C. O. D." shipments. Except on through bills of lading to a foreign port, shipments of Class A dangerous explosives or blasting caps in any quantity shall not be transported, carried or conveyed on

board a vessel when consigned to "Order-Notify" or "C. O. D.". Such articles shall not be transported, carried or conveyed on board any vessel when a shipper consigns a shipment to himself unless the shipper has a resi→ dent representative authorized to receive the shipment at the port of discharge.

146.06-6 Canadian shipments. Explosives or other dangerous articles or substances or combustible liquids, as defined herein, which are described, packed, marked and certified in conformity with the regulations of the Board of Transport Commissioners of Canada may be transported, carried or conveyed on board such vessels as are permitted by the regulations in this part to transport, carry or convey the particular explosive or other substance contained within the package.

Emergency

shipments.

§ 146.06-7 For conditions of the regulations governing emergency shipments see § 146.02-15. [Order 74, 6 F. R. 273, as amended by Order 129, 6 F. R. 3182]

§ 146.06-8 Handling on board vessels. Explosives or other dangerous articles or substances, and combustible liquids shall be handled on board vessels in conformity with the provisions of the detailed regulations preceding each table of the various classifications and the provisions set forth for the particular substance as shown in the tables: Provided, however, That a railroad vehicle in which is loaded any permitted explosives or other dangerous articles or substances shall be handled on board a vessel in accordance with the provisions of §§ 146.07-01 to 146.07-8 and a highway vehicle in which is loaded any permitted explosives or other dangerous articles or substances shall be handled on board vessels in accordance with the provisions §§ 146.08-01 to 146.08-11.

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§ 146.06-9 Stowage on board vessels. (a) Stowage of a particular explosive or other dangerous article or substance or a combustible liquid on board a vessel may be any permitted stowage in accordance with the provisions as shown in the tables as applying to the character of vessel upon which the substance is permitted to be transported or stored.

(b) When only one stowage is shown, no other stowage shall be utilized. When more than one stowage is indicated any or all of the indicated stowages may be utilized. When "Tween decks" is au

thorized for stowage "Tween decks readily accessible" may also be used, but not the reverse thereof. When "Under deck" is authorized for stowage "Under deck away from heat" may also be used, but not the reverse thereof.

(c) Explosives of different classes or characteristics shall not be stowed together in the same compartment or magazine nor with other dangerous articles or substances or combustible liquids except as indicated in the "Stowage and storage chart of explosives and other dangerous articles" and the detail regulations shown in §§ 146.20-01 to 146.20100.

(d) The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to railroad vehicles in which are loaded any permitted explosives or other dangerous articles in compliance with the I. C. C. regulations governing such loading. For such stowages see $146.07-7.

(e) The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to highway vehicles in which are loaded any permitted explosives or other dangerous articles in compliance with the I. C. C. regulations governing such loading, or combustible liquids when loaded in compliance with the regulations in this part. For stowage of highway vehicles on board vessels see § 146.08-11.

NOTE: This section was declared inapplicable to the transportation of military explosives. See § 146.29-1.

§ 146.06-10 Labels. Vessels or their owners, charterers or agents shall keep on hand an adequate supply of labels. Lost or detached labels shall be replaced from information given on shipping order, delivery receipt or transfer shipping paper applying to the shipment.

§ 146.06-11 "No smoking" signs. Where smoking is prohibited during the loading, stowing, storing, transporting or unloading of explosives or other dangerous articles or substances by the regulations in this part, the owner, master or person in charge of the vessel is required to cause "NO SMOKING” signs to be posted.

§ 146.06-12 Manifests required. All vessels transporting or storing explosives or other dangerous articles or substances, and combustible liquids, as cargo, shall have on board during the period of transportation or storage a manifest, or list, upon which is correctly described all such articles as defined by the regulations in

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