{"data":{"id":"us/46-cfr-42.15-15","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 CFR 42.15-15","heading":"-15 Positions of hatchways, doorways and ventilators.","body":"(a) For the purpose of this part two positions of hatchways, doorways and ventilators are defined as follows:\n(1) Position 1: Upon exposed freeboard and raised quarter decks, and upon exposed superstructure decks situated forward of a point located a quarter of the vessel's length from the forward perpendicular.\n(2) Position 2: Upon exposed superstructure decks situated abaft a quarter of the vessel's length from the forward perpendicular.","path":["Title 46—Shipping","CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","SUBCHAPTER E—LOAD LINES","PART 42—DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN VOYAGES BY SEA","Subpart 42.15—Conditions of Assignment of Freeboard"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-46.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:22Z","sha256":"b4ada7aa3a1eb599f305a39f2f278ea646f7e34cf0f301a7c99986a19ba1c4ab","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/46-cfr-42.15-10","next":"us/46-cfr-42.15-20"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}