---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 44.310"
title: "46"
number: "44.310"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/44.310"
---

# §44.310. Definitions.


Hopper dredge means a self-propelled dredge with an open hold or hopper in the hull of the dredge that receives dredged material.

Working freeboard means one-half the distance between the mark of the load line assigned under this subchapter and the freeboard deck.


## Notes

### Source

Source: CGD 76-080, 54 FR 36977, Sept. 6, 1989, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 5101-5116; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16755, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.