[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: 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 
Sec. Sec. 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 
Sec. Sec. 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;
    (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]