[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: 46CFR174.080]

[Page 173]
 
                           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. 174.080  Flooding on self-elevating and surface type units.

    (a) On a surface type unit or self-elevating unit, all compartments 
within 5 feet (1.5 meters) of the hull of the unit between two adjacent 
main watertight bulkheads, the bottom shell, and the uppermost 
continuous deck or first superstructure deck where superstructures are 
fitted must be assumed to be subject to simultaneous flooding.
    (b) On the mat of a self-elevating unit, all compartments of the mat 
must be assumed to be subject to individual flooding.