---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 98.33-1"
title: "46"
number: "98.33-1"
heading: "Applicability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/98.33-1"
---

# §98.33-1. Applicability.

- (a) This subpart contains regulations concerning transfer of certain low-hazard materials to and from portable tanks on vessels
- (b) This subpart applies to the following portable tanks:
  - (1) A DOT-specification 57 portable tank constructed on or before October 1, 1996, or a UN portable tank (see [49 CFR 173.32](/cfr/49/173.32.md) and [§ 98.30-3](/cfr/46/98.30-3.md)).
  - (2) A portable tank authorized under [49 CFR 176.340(b)](/cfr/49/176.340.md?p=b).
  - (3) A portable tank approved by the Commandant under [subpart 50.20](/cfr/46/subpart50.20.md) of this chapter.
  - (4) An Intermediate Bulk Container (IBC), but restricted to those metal IBCs as described in [§ 98.30-6](/cfr/46/98.30-6.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 84-043, 55 FR 37412, Sept. 11, 1990; 56 FR 13598, Apr. 3, 1991, as amended by CGD 97-057, 62 FR 51046, Sept. 30, 1997; USCG-2012-0832, 77 FR 59780, Oct. 1, 2012; USCG-2011-0088, 78 FR 54787, Sept. 6, 2013]

### Source

Source: CGD 84-043, 55 FR 37412, Sept. 11, 1990, 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; 56 FR 13598, Apr. 3, 1991, as amended by CGD 97-057, 62 FR 51046, Sept. 30, 1997; USCG-2012-0832, 77 FR 59780, Oct. 1, 2012; USCG-2011-0088, 78 FR 54787, Sept. 6, 2013]