1625-0005 Stat/Authority

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Admin., DOT

Subpart
G—Detailed
Requirements for Class 1 (Explosive)
Materials
SOURCE: Amdt. 176–30, 55 FR 52696, Dec. 21,
1990, unless otherwise noted.

§ 176.100 Permit for Divisions 1.1 and
1.2 (explosive) materials.
Before Divisions 1.1 and 1.2 (explosive) materials may be discharged
from, loaded on, handled or restowed
on board a vessel at any place in the
United States, the carrier must obtain
a permit from the COTP in accordance
with the procedures in 33 CFR 126.19.
Exceptions to this permit requirement
may be authorized by the COTP.
[Amdt. 176–30, 55 FR 52696, Dec. 21, 1990, as
amended by Amdt. 176–34, 58 FR 51533, Oct. 1,
1993; 66 FR 45385, Aug. 28, 2001]

§ 176.102

Supervisory detail.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph
(c) of this section, the COTP may assign a USCG supervisory detail to any
vessel to supervise the loading, handling or unloading of Class 1 (explosive)
materials.
(b) The owner, agent, charterer, master or person in charge of the vessel,
and all persons engaged in the handling, loading, unloading, and stowage
of Class 1 (explosive) materials shall
obey all orders that are given by the
officer in charge of the supervisory detail.
(c) If Class 1 (explosive) materials are
loaded onto or unloaded from a vessel
at a facility operated or controlled by
the Department of Defense, the Commanding Officer of that facility may
decline the USCG supervisory detail.
Whenever the supervisory detail is declined, the Commanding Officer of the
facility shall ensure compliance with
the regulations in this part.
§ 176.104 Loading and unloading Class
1 (explosive) materials.
(a) Packages of Class 1 (explosive)
materials may not be thrown, dropped,
rolled, dragged, or slid over each other
or over a deck.
(b) When Class 1 (explosive) materials
are stowed in a hold below one in which
any cargo is being handled, the hatch

§ 176.104

in the deck dividing the two holds
must have all covers securely in place.
(c) Drafts of Class 1 (explosive) materials must be handled in accordance
with the following:
(1) A draft may not be raised, lowered, or stopped by sudden application
of power or brake.
(2) A draft may not be released by
tripping or freeing one side of the
cargo-handling equipment and tumbling the Class 1 (explosive) materials
off.
(3) All drafts, beams, shackles, bridles, slings, and hoods must be manually freed before the winch takes control.
(4) Slings may not be dragged from
under a draft by winching except for
the topmost layer in the hold when
power removal is the only practical
method and when the cargo cannot be
toppled.
(5) Handles or brackets on packages
in a draft may not be used for slinging
purposes.
(d) A combination woven rope and
wire sling or a sling that is formed by
use of an open hook may not be used in
handling Class 1 (explosive) materials.
(e) Only a safety hook or a hook that
has been closed by wire may be used in
handling drafts of Class 1 (explosive)
materials.
(f) Wire rope or wire rope assemblies,
including splices and fittings, used in
handling Class 1 (explosive) materials
must be unpainted and kept bare to
permit inspection of their safe working
condition. A mechanical end fitting
(pressed fitting) may be used in place
of an eye splice, if the efficiency of the
mechanical end fitting is at least equal
to the efficiency of an eye splice prepared as prescribed in 29 CFR
1918.51(c)(1).
(g) Packages of Division 1.1 and 1.2
materials that are not part of a
palletized unit must be loaded and unloaded from a vessel using a chute, conveyor or a mechanical hoist and a pallet, skipboard, tray or pie plate fitted
with a cargo net or sideboards.
(h) Packages of Division 1.1 and 1.2
(explosive) materials must be loaded or
unloaded in accordance with the following:
(1) A cargo net with a pallet,
skipboard, tray, or pie plate, must be

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