CFR > Title 46 - Shipping > CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER O—CERTAIN BULK DANGEROUS CARGOES (parts 150 to 155) > PART 154—SAFETY STANDARDS FOR SELF-PROPELLED VESSELS CARRYING BULK LIQUEFIED GASES > SUBPART E—Operations (§154.1800 to §154.1872) > 154.1848—Inerting.

154.1848—Inerting.

(a) The master shall ensure that:
(1) Hold and interbarrier spaces on a vessel with full secondary barriers are inerted so that the oxygen concentration is 8 percent or less by volume when flammable cargoes are carried;
(2) Hold and interbarrier spaces contain only dry air or inert gas on:
(i) A vessel with partial secondary barriers;
(ii) A vessel with full secondary barriers when non-flammable cargoes are carried; and
(iii) A vessel with refrigerated independent tanks type C;
(3) When cargo tanks containing flammable vapor are to be gas freed, the flammable vapors are purged from the tank by inert gas before air is admitted; and
(4) When gas free cargo tanks are to be filled with a flammable cargo, air is purged from the tank by inert gas until the oxygen concentration in the tank is 8 percent or less by volume before cargo liquid or vapor is introduced.
(b) Inert gas must be supplied from the shore or from the vessel's inert gas system.