---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 98.30-13"
title: "46"
number: "98.30-13"
heading: "Pipe connections, and filling and discharge openings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/98.30-13"
---

# §98.30-13. Pipe connections, and filling and discharge openings.

- (a) No person may transfer a hazardous material to or from a portable tank or IBC onboard a vessel, unless each filling and discharge opening in the tank bottom is equipped with the following:
  - (1) For an IM 101, IM 102, IMO Type 1, IMO Type 2, or UN portable tank, the closures specified in [49 CFR 178.275](/cfr/49/178.275.md).
  - (2) For an MPT, the valves and closures specified in [§§ 64.33 through 64.41](/cfr/46/64.33..64.41.md) of this chapter.
  - (3) For an IBC, the closures specified in [49 CFR 178.705](/cfr/49/178.705.md).
- (b) A manifold cannot be used when transferring a hazardous material to or from a portable tank or IBC onboard a vessel, unless the portable tank or IBC is equipped with a remote or automatic shutoff valve or other automatic means of closure that will activate during an emergency.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 84-043, 55 FR 37412, Sept. 11, 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 84-043, 55 FR 37412, Sept. 11, 1990. Redesignated and amended by USCG-2011-0088, 78 FR 54785, 54787, Sept. 6, 2013]