[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: 46CFR46.15-10]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 46_SUBDIVISION LOAD LINES FOR PASSENGER VESSELS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart 46.15_Subdivision Load Lines for Passenger Vessels Engaged in 
               Foreign, Coastwise, and Great Lakes Voyages
 
Sec. 46.15-10  Subdivision load lines.

    (a) Subdivision load lines shall be located by measuring vertically 
down from the deck line required by part 42 of this subchapter.
    (b) The length, width, and manner of marking the lines shall be as 
provided in subpart 42.13 of this subchapter.
    (c) No subdivision load line is to be placed so that the freeboard 
is reduced from that determined by the highest seasonal mark permitted 
by part 42.
    (d) When the highest subdivision load line is located on a vessel 
used as a passenger vessel in a position between the highest and lowest 
seasonal load line marks, the seasonal load line marks above the 
subdivision load line will be omitted and those below will be marked.
    (e) When the freeboard from the highest subdivision load line on a 
vessel used as a passenger vessel is greater than the freeboard from the 
lowest load line permitted by part 42 of this subchapter, the load lines 
required by part 42 of this subchapter shall be omitted and the disk 
with its horizontal line located in line with the highest subdivision 
load line.
    (f) One fresh water line shall be marked. When a subdivision and a 
normal load line are combined, the normal fresh water line only shall be 
used unless the position of the subdivision load line is such that 
confusion will result, in which case a subdivision fresh water line may 
be used, marked FC1 and the normal fresh water line omitted.
    (g) Subdivision load lines shall be aft of the vertical line. The 
vertical line shall be extended as necessary to connect the lowest and 
highest load lines marked on the vessel.
    (h) When a vessel has spaces used for cargo and passengers 
alternatively so that the position of the subdivision load line varies 
with the service, subdivision load lines for the principal passenger 
condition shall be marked and denoted by C1 and the 
alternative conditions marked and denoted by C2, 
C3, etc. The position of each load line and the conditions 
under which a particular load line is applicable shall be noted in the 
certificate.
    (i) The principal passenger condition for a vessel having spaces 
used for passengers and cargo alternatively is the condition where only 
those spaces appropriated exclusively to passengers are taken into 
consideration for determination of the subdivision load line.
    (j) For Great Lakes vessels, references to part 42 shall read part 
45 and a ``diamond'' shall be substituted for the ``disk''. No ``fresh 
water'' line will be marked.

[CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16769, Dec. 30, 1965, as amended by CGFR 68-60, 33 FR 
10077, July 12, 1968]

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