---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 154.1730"
title: "46"
number: "154.1730"
heading: "Ethylene oxide: Loading and off loading."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/154.1730"
---

# §154.1730. Ethylene oxide: Loading and off loading.

- (a) The master shall ensure that before ethylene oxide is loaded into a cargo tank:
  - (1) The tank is thoroughly clean, dry, and free of rust;
  - (2) The hold spaces are inerted with an inert gas that meets [§ 154.1710(b)(1)](/cfr/46/154.1710.md?p=b-1); and
  - (3) **The cargo tank vapor space is inerted with nitrogen.**
- (b) Ethylene oxide must be off loaded by a deepwell pump or inert gas displacement.
- (c) Ethylene oxide must not be carried in deck tanks.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3703, 9101; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 74-289, 44 FR 26009, May 3, 1979, unless otherwise noted.