[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: 46CFR174.050]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 174--SPECIAL RULES PERTAINING TO SPECIFIC VESSEL TYPES--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart C--Special Rules Pertaining to Mobile Offshore Drilling Units
 
Sec. 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 
Sec. 174.055(b)(3).

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