Regulations last checked for updates: May 23, 2025

Title 46 - Shipping last revised: Mar 17, 2025
§ 147.70 - Acetylene.

(a) Seventeen cubic meters (600 standard cubic feet) or less of acetylene may be stowed on or below decks on any vessel.

(b) More than 17 m 3 (600 standard cubic feet) of acetylene may be on board a vessel engaged in industrial operations, if it is stowed on deck.

authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4
source: CGD 84-044, 53 FR 7749, Mar. 10, 1988, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 46 CFR 147.70