---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 150.626"
title: "33"
number: "150.626"
heading: "What is the hazard communication program used for?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/150.626"
---

# §150.626. What is the hazard communication program used for?

- (a) The hazard communication program must ensure that all deepwater port employees, when required by their duties, work safely and responsibly with hazardous materials.
- (b) The person in charge for safety must ensure that, before a person is allowed to work at the deepwater port:
  - (1) A copy of the hazard communication program is made available to the person; and
  - (2) **The person is trained in the information contained in the program.**
- (c) The training must be supplemented to address each hazardous material newly introduced on the deepwater port.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(1)(C), (j)(5), (j)(6), (m)(2), 1509(a); 46 U.S.C. 70034; E.O. 12777, sec. 2; E.O. 13286, sec. 34, 68 FR 10619; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, unless otherwise noted.