---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 98.30-12"
title: "46"
number: "98.30-12"
heading: "Stowage of portable tanks and IBCs."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/98.30-12"
---

# §98.30-12. Stowage of portable tanks and IBCs.

- (a) No person may operate a vessel to which this subpart applies unless each portable tank and/or IBC is stowed on an open deck.
- (b) No person may stow a portable tank and/or IBC—
  - (1) In the vicinity of another tank that contains a chemically incompatible product; and
  - (2) Unless all electrical equipment is explosion-proof or intrinsically safe, as defined in §§ [111.105-9](/cfr/46/111.105-9.md) and [111.105-11](/cfr/46/111.105-11.md) of this chapter, in the area of the tank and its associated equipment that is—
    - (i) Within 10 feet in any horizontal direction; and
    - (ii) **Within 8 feet above the deck.**
- (c) All IBCs must be secured as specified in [49 CFR 176.74](/cfr/49/176.74.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 73-172, 39 FR 22954, June 25, 1974, as amended by CGD 84-043, 55 FR 37412, Sept. 11, 1990; 55 FR 47477, Nov. 14, 1990. Redesignated and amended by USCG-2011-0088, 78 FR 54785, 54787, Sept. 6, 2013]

### Source

Source: CGD 73-172, 39 FR 22954, June 25, 1974, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1903; 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3307, 3703; 49 U.S.C. App. 1804; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 17022, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 73-172, 39 FR 22954, June 25, 1974, as amended by CGD 84-043, 55 FR 37412, Sept. 11, 1990; 55 FR 47477, Nov. 14, 1990. Redesignated and amended by USCG-2011-0088, 78 FR 54785, 54787, Sept. 6, 2013]