[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR170.265]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 170--STABILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL INSPECTED VESSELS--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart H--Watertight Bulkhead Doors
 
Sec. 170.265  Class 3 doors; required locations.

    The following doors must always be Class 3:
    (a) Doors in all locations not addressed in Secs. 170.255 and 
170.260.
    (b) Doors between coal bunkers below the bulkhead deck that must be 
opened at sea.
    (c) Doors into trunkways that pass through more than one main 
transverse watertight bulkhead if the door sills are less than 2.14 
meters above the deepest load line.
    (d) Doors below a deck, the molded line of which, at its lowest 
point at side, is less than 2.14 meters (7 feet) above the deepest load 
line if--
    (1) The vessel is engaged on a short international voyage as defined 
in Sec. 171.010 of this subchapter; and
    (2) The vessel is required by Sec. 171.065 of this subchapter to 
have a factor of subdivision of 0.5 or less.

[CGD 79-023, 48 FR 51010, Nov. 4, 1983, as amended by CGD 85-080, 61 FR 
944, Jan. 10, 1996; CGD 96-041, 61 FR 50734, Sept. 27, 1996]