---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 98.30-3"
title: "46"
number: "98.30-3"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/98.30-3"
---

# §98.30-3. Definitions.


IBC means an intermediate bulk container as defined in [49 CFR 171.8](/cfr/49/171.8.md).

IM 101 portable tank and IM 102 portable tank means a portable tank constructed and approved by PMSA and manufactured on or before January 1, 2003, that meets the requirements for continued use under [49 CFR 173.32](/cfr/49/173.32.md).

IMO Type 1 portable tank means a portable tank constructed in accordance with International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code (2012 Edition), that meets the definition of an IMO Type 1 portable tank under Section 4.2.0.1 of the IMDG Code (incorporated by reference, see [§ 98.30-2](/cfr/46/98.30-2.md)), and that meets the provisions for continued use under the IMDG Code.

IMO Type 2 portable tank means a portable tank constructed in accordance with the IMDG Code, that meets the definition of an IMO Type 2 portable tank under Section 4.2.0.1 of the IMDG Code (incorporated by reference, see [§ 98.30-2](/cfr/46/98.30-2.md)), and that meets the provisions for continued use under the IMDG Code.

MPT means a marine portable tank that was inspected and stamped by the Coast Guard on or before September 30, 1992, and that meets the applicable requirements in this part and [part 64](/cfr/46/part64.md) of this chapter.

UN portable tank means a portable tank constructed in accordance with 49 CFR [178.274](/cfr/49/178.274.md) and [178.275](/cfr/49/178.275.md), and approved in accordance with 49 CFR [173.32](/cfr/49/173.32.md) and [178.273](/cfr/49/178.273.md).


## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2011-0088, 78 FR 54785, 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

[USCG-2011-0088, 78 FR 54785, Sept. 6, 2013]