---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 176.13"
title: "49"
number: "176.13"
heading: "Responsibility for compliance and training."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/176.13"
---

# §176.13. Responsibility for compliance and training.

- (a) Unless this subchapter specifically provides that another person shall perform a particular duty, each carrier shall perform the duties specified and comply with all applicable requirements in this part and shall ensure its hazmat employees receive training in relation thereto.
- (b) A carrier may not transport a hazardous material by vessel unless each of its hazmat employees involved in that transportation is trained as required by [subpart H of part 172](/cfr/49/part172-subpartH.md) of this subchapter.
- (c) The record of training required by [§ 172.704(d)](/cfr/49/172.704.md?p=d) of this subchapter for a crewmember who is a hazmat employee subject to the training requirements of this subchapter must be kept on board the vessel while the crewmember is in service on board the vessel.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Amdt. 176-31, 57 FR 20954, May 15, 1992, as amended by Amdt. 176-35, 59 FR 49134, Sept. 26, 1994]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 5101-5128; 49 CFR 1.81 and 1.97.

### Source

Source: Amdt. 176-1, 41 FR 16110, Apr. 15, 1976, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Amdt. 176-31, 57 FR 20954, May 15, 1992, as amended by Amdt. 176-35, 59 FR 49134, Sept. 26, 1994]