---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 174.050"
title: "46"
number: "174.050"
heading: "Stability on bottom."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/174.050"
---

# §174.050. Stability on bottom.


Each bottom bearing unit must be designed so that, while supported on the sea bottom with footings or a mat, it continually exerts a downward force on each footing or the mat when subjected to the forces of wave and current and to wind blowing at the velocities described in [§ 174.055(b)(3)](/cfr/46/174.055.md?p=b-3).


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9118, 9119, 9153; 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1. Section 174.180 also issued under sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905.

### Source

Source: CGD 79-023, 48 FR 51048, Nov. 4, 1983, unless otherwise noted.