---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 154.1826"
title: "46"
number: "154.1826"
heading: "Opening of cargo tanks and cargo sampling."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/154.1826"
---

# §154.1826. Opening of cargo tanks and cargo sampling.

- (a) The master shall ensure that each cargo tank opening is fully closed at all times.
- (b) The master may authorize the opening of a cargo tank:
  - (1) During tank cleaning; and
  - (2) To sample a cargo that Table 4 allows to be carried in a containment system having a restricted gauging system if:
    - (i) The cargo tank is not being filled during sampling;
    - (ii) The vent system has relieved any pressure in the tank; and
    - (iii) **The person sampling the cargo wears protective clothing.**
- (c) The master shall ensure that cargoes requiring closed gauging as listed in Table 4 are sampled only through the controlled sampling arrangement of the cargo tank.

## 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.