46 C.F.R. § 154.1872
Cargo emergency jettisoning.
Cite as 46 C.F.R. § 154.1872 (2026)
(a) The master shall ensure that emergency jettisoning piping under § 154.356, except bow and stern loading and discharging piping, is only used when an emergency exists.
(b) Emergency jettisoning piping when being used may be outside of the transverse tank location under § 154.310.
(c) The master shall ensure that cargo is not jettisoned in a U.S. port.
(d) When ethylene oxide is carried, the master shall ensure that the emergency jettisoning piping with associated pumps and fittings is on-line and ready for use for an emergency.
(e) The master shall lock closed the shut-off valves under § 154.356 when the emergency jettisoning piping is not in use.
(f) The person in charge of cargo transfer shall ensure that after the emergency jettisoning piping is used it is purged of cargo vapors with inert gas.
(g) The person in charge of cargo transfer shall ensure that entrances, forced or natural ventilation intakes, exhausts, and other openings to accommodation, service, or control spaces facing the emergency jettisoning piping area and alongside the emergency jettisoning piping are closed when this piping is in use.
Table 4—Summary of Minimum Requirements
Cargo name
1
Ship type
Independent tank type C required
Control of cargo tank vapor space
Vapor detection
2
Gauging
3
Electrical hazard class and group
4
Special requirements
Acetaldehyde
IIG/IIPG
Inert
I & T
C
I-C
154.1410 (c), 154.1410, 154.1710, 154.1720, 154.1870.
Ammonia, anhydrous
IIG/IIPG
T
C
I-D
154.1000, 154.1400 (c), 154.1405, 154.1410, 154.1702 (b), (c), (e), 154.1760, 154.1870.
Butadiene
IIG/IIPG
Inert
I
R
I-B
154.1702 (b), (d), (f), 154.1710, 154.1750, 154.1818.
Butane
IIG/IIPG
I
R
I-D
None.
Butylene
IIG/IIPG
I
R
I-D
None.
Dimethylamine
IIG/IIPG
I & T
C
I-C
154.1400 (c), 154.1405, 154.1410, 154.1702 (b), (c), (e), 154.1870.
Ethane
IIG
I
R
I-D
None.
Ethylamine
IIG/IIPG
I & T
C
I-C
154.1400 (c), 154.1405, 154.1410, 154.1702 (b), (c), (e), 154.1870.
Ethyl Chloride
IIG/IIPG
I & T
R
I-D
154.1870.
Ethylene
IIG
I
R
I-C
None.
Ethylene oxide
IG
Yes
Inert
I & T
C
I-B
154.660 (b) (3), 154.1400 (c), 154.1405, 154.1410, 154.1702 (b), (d), (f), 154.1705, 154.1710, 154.1720, 154.1725, 154.1730, 154.1870 (a), (b).
Methane (LNG)
IIG
I
C
I-D
154.703 through 154.709, 154.1854.
Methyl acetylene-propadiene mixture
IIG/IIPG
I
R
I
154.1735.
Methyl bromide
IG
Yes
I & T
C
I-D
154.660 (b) (3), 154.1345 (c) (d), 154.1400 (c), 154.1405, 154.1410, 154.1702 (a), (d), 154.1705, 154.1720, 154.1870 (a), (b).
Methyl chloride
IIG/IIPG
I & T
C
I-D
154.1702 (a), 154.1870.
Nitrogen
IIIG
O
C
154.1755.
Propane
IIG/IIPG
I
R
I-D
None.
Propylene
IIG/IIPG
I
R
I-D
None.
Refrigerant
IIIG
R
None.
Sulfur dioxide
IG
Yes
Dry
T
C
154.660 (b) (3), 154.1345 (c), (d), 154.1400 (c), 154.1405, 154.1410, 154.1705, 154.1715, 154.1720, 154.1870 (a), (b).
Vinyl chloride
IIG/IIPG
I & T
C
I-D
154.1405, 154.1410, 154.1702 (a) (b) (d) (f), 154.1710, 154.1740, 154.1745, 154.1750, 154.1818, 154.1830 (f), 154.1870.
1
Refrigerant gases include non-toxic, non-flammable gases such as: dichlorodifluoromethane, dichloromonofluoromethane, dichlorotetrafluoroethane, monochlorodifluoromethane, monochlorotetrafluoroethane, and monochlorotrifluoromethane.
2
As used in this column: “I” stands for flammable vapor detection; “T” stands for toxic vapor detection; “O” stands for oxygen detection; and see §§ 154.1345 thru 154.1360.
3
As used in this column: “C” stands for closed gauging; “R” stands for restricted gauging; and see § 154.1300.
4
The designations used in this column are from the National Electrical Code.
[CGD 74-289, 44 FR 26009, May 3, 1979; 44 FR 59234, Oct. 15, 1979]
- Cross-references to the CFR
- 154.1300.154.1345154.310.154.356