[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: 46CFR174.070]

[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. 174.070  General damage stability assumptions.

    For the purpose of determining compliance with Sec. 174.065, the 
assumptions are made that during flooding and the resulting change in 
the unit's waterline--
    (a) The unit is not anchored or moored; and
    (b) No compartment on the unit is ballasted or pumped out to 
compensate for the flooding described in Sec. Sec. 174.075 through 
174.085.