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46 CFR §44.330

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A hopper dredge may be issued a working freeboard on a limited service domestic voyage load line certificate or a Great Lakes load line certificate if the following are met:
  1. (a)The hopper dredge structure must have adequate strength for any draft up to the working freeboard draft. Dredges built and maintained in conformity with the requirements of a classification society recognized by the Commandant usually meet this requirement.
  2. (b)The hopper dredge must—
    1. (1)Meet subpart I of part 174 of this chapter; and
    2. (2)Have on its bridge remote draft indicators that:
      1. (i)Show the fore, aft, and mean draft of the dredge at all times while the dredge is operating; and
      2. (ii)Have each indicator marked with the assigned freeboard and the working freeboard.