[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR44.340]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 44_SPECIAL SERVICE LIMITED DOMESTIC VOYAGES--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart C_Rules for Assigning Working Freeboards to Hopper Dredges
 
Sec. 44.340  Operating restrictions.

    (a) Each hopper dredge assigned a working freeboard may be operated 
at

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drafts from the normal freeboard to the working freeboard if the--
    (1) Seas are not more than 10 feet;
    (2) Winds are not more than 35 knots;
    (3) Area of operation is not more than 20 nautical miles (37 
kilometers) from the mouth of a harbor of safe refuge; and
    (4) Specific gravity of the spoil carried is not more than the 
highest specific gravity of spoil used in the stability calculations 
required by subchapter S of this chapter.
    (b) The Assigning Authority designates on the face of the dredge's 
load line certificate--
    (1) Each restriction contained in paragraph (a)(1) through (a)(3) of 
this section; and
    (2) The maximum specific gravity of the spoils allowed to be 
carried.