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46 CFR 174.070: General damage stability assumptions.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 46—Shipping
- CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
- SUBCHAPTER S—SUBDIVISION AND STABILITY
- PART 174—SPECIAL RULES PERTAINING TO SPECIFIC VESSEL TYPES
- Subpart C—Special Rules Pertaining to Mobile Offshore Drilling Units
For the purpose of determining compliance with § 174.065, the assumptions are made that during flooding and the resulting change in the unit's waterline—
(a) The unit is not anchored or moored; and
(b) No compartment on the unit is ballasted or pumped out to compensate for the flooding described in §§ 174.075 through 174.085.
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