[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: 46CFR176.306]

[Page 210]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 176--INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart C--Posting of Certificates, Permits, and Stability Letters
 
Sec. 176.306  Stability letter.

    When, in accordance with Sec. 178.210 of this chapter, a vessel must 
be provided with a stability letter, the stability letter must be posted 
under glass or other suitable transparent material, such that all pages 
are visible, at the operating station of the vessel. If posting is 
impracticable, the stability letter must be kept on board in a 
weathertight container readily available for use by the crew and display 
to passengers and others on request.

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 953, Jan. 10, 1996, as amended by CGD 97-057, 62 FR 
51049, Sept. 30, 1997]