[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: 46CFR178.310]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 178--INTACT STABILITY AND SEAWORTHINESS--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart C--Intact Stability Standards
 
Sec. 178.310  Applicability based on length and passenger capacity.


    (a) A vessel of not more than 19.8 meters (65 feet) in length must 
meet the applicable requirements of Sec. 178.320 or 178.325, or of 
Secs. 170.170, 170.173, and 171.050 in subchapter S of this chapter, if:
    (1) Carrying not more than 150 passengers on a domestic voyage;
    (2) Carrying not more than 12 passengers on an international voyage; 
or
    (3) It has not more than one deck above the bulkhead deck, exclusive 
of a pilot house.
    (b) The following vessels must meet the appropriate requirements of 
Secs. 170.170, 170.173, 171.050, 171.055, and 171.057 in subchapter S of 
this chapter;
    (1) A vessel of more than 19.8 meters (65 feet) in length;

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    (2) A vessel carrying more than 12 passengers on an international 
voyage; and
    (3) A vessel with more than 1 deck above the bulkhead deck exclusive 
of a pilot house.

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 966, Jan. 10, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 51356, Sept. 
30, 1997]