---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 98.33-5"
title: "46"
number: "98.33-5"
heading: "Portable tanks and IBCs authorized."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/98.33-5"
---

# §98.33-5. Portable tanks and IBCs authorized.

- (a) The cargoes authorized under [§ 98.33-3](/cfr/46/98.33-3.md) may be transferred to and from portable tanks to which this subpart applies if the portable tanks have:
  - (1) **A minimum design pressure of 9 psig.**
  - (2) Pressure-relief devices that may be frangible pressure-relief devices (rupture disks), and that do not open at less than 3 psig.
- (b) The cargoes authorized under [§ 98.33-3](/cfr/46/98.33-3.md) may be transferred to and from IBCs to which this subpart applies if the IBCs meet the requirements in [§ 98.30-6](/cfr/46/98.30-6.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 84-043, 55 FR 37412, Sept. 11, 1990; 55 FR 47477, Nov. 14, 1990; USCG-2011-0088, 78 FR 54788, 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; 55 FR 47477, Nov. 14, 1990; USCG-2011-0088, 78 FR 54788, Sept. 6, 2013]