46 CFR 174.050 - Stability on bottom.

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Title 46: Shipping

CHAPTER I: COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)

SUBCHAPTER S: SUBDIVISION AND STABILITY

PART 174: SPECIAL RULES PERTAINING TO SPECIFIC VESSEL TYPES

Subpart C: Special Rules Pertaining to Mobile Offshore Drilling Units

174.050 - Stability on bottom.Each bottom bearing unit must be designed so that, while supported on the sea bottom with footings or a mat, it continually exerts a downward force on each footing or the mat when subjected to the forces of wave and current and to wind blowing at the velocities described in ? 174.055(b)(3).

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