[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: 46CFR172.100]

[Page 150]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 172_SPECIAL RULES PERTAINING TO BULK CARGOES--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart E_Special Rules Pertaining to a Barge That Carries a Hazardous 
           Liquid Regulated Under Subchapter O of This Chapter
 
Sec. 172.100  Watertight integrity.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each Type I 
or II hopper barge hull must have a weathertight weather deck.
    (b) If a Type I or II barge hull has an open hopper, the fully 
loaded barge must be shown by design calculations to have at least 2 
inches (50 mm) of positive GM when the hopper space is flooded to the 
height of the weather deck.
    (c) When doing the calculations required by this section, credit may 
be given for the buoyancy of the immersed portion of cargo tanks if the 
tank securing devices are shown by design calculations to be strong 
enough to hold the tanks in place when they are subjected to the buoyant 
forces resulting from the water in the hopper.