[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: 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]