---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 148.325"
title: "46"
number: "148.325"
heading: "Wood chips; wood pellets; wood pulp pellets."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/148.325"
---

# §148.325. Wood chips; wood pellets; wood pulp pellets.

- (a) This part applies to wood chips and wood pulp pellets in bulk that may oxidize, leading to depletion of oxygen and an increase in carbon dioxide in the cargo hold.
- (b) No person may enter a cargo hold containing wood chips, wood pellets, or wood pulp pellets, unless—
  - (1) The atmosphere in the cargo hold has been tested and contains enough oxygen to support life; or
  - (2) **The person entering the cargo hold is wearing the appropriate self-contained breathing apparatus.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1602; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; 46 U.S.C. 3306, 5111; 49 U.S.C. 5103; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: 75 FR 64591, Oct. 19, 2010, unless otherwise noted.