---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 176.220"
title: "49"
number: "176.220"
heading: "Smoking or open flame and posting of warning signs."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/176.220"
---

# §176.220. Smoking or open flame and posting of warning signs.

- (a) Smoking or the use of open flame is prohibited in any hold or compartment containing a Division 2.1 (flammable gas) material, near any Division 2.1 (flammable gas) material stowed on deck, or near any ventilator leading to a hold containing this material.
- (b) **A sign carrying the legend—**

## Notes

### Source

Source: Amdt. 176-30, 55 FR 52704, Dec. 21, 1990, unless otherwise noted.

### 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.