[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR170.200]

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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 F_Determination of Lightweight Displacement and Centers of 
                                 Gravity
 
Sec. 170.200  Estimated lightweight vertical center of gravity.

    (a) Each tank vessel that does not carry a material listed in either 
Table 1 of part 153 or Table 4 of part 154 of this chapter may comply 
with this section in lieu of Sec. 170.175 if it--
    (1) Is 150 gross tons or greater;
    (2) Is of ordinary proportions and form;
    (3) Has a flush weather deck, one or more longitudinal bulkheads, 
and no independent tanks; and
    (4) Is designed not to carry cargo above the freeboard deck.
    (b) When doing the calculations required by Sec. Sec. 170.170 and 
172.065, the vertical center of gravity of a tank vessel in the 
lightweight condition must be assumed to be equal to the following 
percentage of the molded depth of the vessel measured from the keel 
amidship:
    (1) For a tank ship--70%.
    (2) For a tank barge--60%.
    (c) As used in this section, molded depth has the same meaning that 
is provided for the term in Sec. 42.13-15(e) of this chapter.

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