Dangerous Cargoes...: Hearings...on H.R. 7357...January 30, 19401940 - 109 pages |
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Page 37 - ... of the requirements of title 52 (sees. 4399 to 4500, inclusive) of the Revised Statutes or acts amendatory or supplementary thereto and regulations thereunder applicable to such vessel, which are not inconsistent herewith.
Page 54 - Merchant Vessels of the United States," June 30, 1936, published by the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation of the United States Department of Commerce.
Page 85 - D" : Any combustible liquid having a flash point below 150° F. and above 80° F. (2) Grade "E" : Any combustible liquid having a flash point of 150° F. or above. (d) Flame arrestor. "Flame arrestor" means any device or assembly of a cellular, tubular, pressure or other type, used for preventing the passage of flames into enclosed spaces. (e) Flash point. "Flash point...
Page 14 - Guard under this section: Provided, however, That the motor or motors in any vehicle be stopped immediately after entering the said vessel, and that the same be not restarted until immediately before said vehicle shall leave the vessel after said vessel has been made fast to the wharf or ferry bridge at which she lands.
Page 90 - ... such definitions, descriptions, descriptive names, classifications, specifications of containers, packing, marking, labeling, and certification of explosives or other dangerous articles or substances to the extent as are or may be established from time to time by the Interstate Commerce Commission insofar as they apply to shippers by common carriers engaged in interstate or foreign commerce by water. The...
Page 93 - ... existing rulings. All rulings In existence on the effective date of the regulations in this part regarding transportation, packing, marking, labeling or storage, as cargo, of explosives or other dangerous articles or substances, and combustible liquids, on board vessels as promulgated by the office of the Director of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation...
Page 26 - Departments, the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation of the Department of Commerce, and other government departments and agencies which are engaged in activities related to the operation of shipping.
Page 42 - The Commission may, if it considers that the route or the conditions of the voyage or other circumstances are such as to render a radio installation unreasonable or unnecessary for the purposes of this part, exempt from the provisions of this part any ship, or any class of ships.
Page 33 - ... vessel, such vessel shall be liable for the penalty and may be seized and proceeded against by way of libel in the district court of the United States in any district in which such vessel may be found.
Page 83 - Guard may exempt any vessel or class of vessels from any of the provisions of this section or any regulations or parts thereof established hereunder upon a finding by him that the vessel, route, area of operations, conditions of the voyage, or other circumstances...