---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 174.070"
title: "46"
number: "174.070"
heading: "General damage stability assumptions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/174.070"
---

# §174.070. General damage stability assumptions.


For the purpose of determining compliance with [§ 174.065](/cfr/46/174.065.md), the assumptions are made that during flooding and the resulting change in the unit's waterline—

- (a) The unit is not anchored or moored; and
- (b) No compartment on the unit is ballasted or pumped out to compensate for the flooding described in [§§ 174.075 through 174.085](/cfr/46/174.075..174.085.md).

## 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.