[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: 46CFR45.113]

[Page 82]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 45_GREAT LAKES LOAD LINES--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart D_Conditions of Assignment
 
Sec. 45.113  Access openings in bulkheads at ends of enclosed superstructures.

    (a) Access openings in bulkheads at ends of enclosed superstructures 
must have doors of steel or material as strong as steel that are 
permanently attached to the bulkhead and framed, stiffened, and fitted 
so that the bulkhead and door are as strong as the bulkhead and weather 
tight when closed.
    (b) The means for securing the doors weathertight must be 
permanently attached to the doors or bulkheads and arranged so that the 
doors can be secured weathertight from both sides of the bulkhead.
    (c) Access openings in bulkheads at ends of enclosed superstructures 
must have sills that are at least 12 inches above the deck.