{"identifier":"/us/usc/t46/s5105","title":46,"num":"\u00a7\u202f5105.","heading":"Load line surveys","text":"\u00a7\u202f5105.\nLoad line surveys\n(a) The Secretary may provide for annual, renewal, and other load line surveys.\n(b) In conducting a load line survey, the Secretary shall consider whether\u2014\n(1) the hull and fittings of the vessel\u2014\n(A) are adequate to protect the vessel from the sea; and\n(B) meet other requirements the Secretary may prescribe by regulation;\n(2) the strength of the hull is adequate for all loading conditions;\n(3) the stability of the vessel is adequate for all loading conditions;\n(4) the topsides of the vessel are arranged and constructed to allow rapid overboard drainage of deck water in heavy weather; and\n(5) the topsides of the vessel are adequate in design, arrangement, and equipment to protect crewmembers performing outside tasks necessary for safe operation of the vessel.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t46/s5105.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s5105","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f5105."},{"t":"heading","text":"Load line surveys"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s5105/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"content","text":" The Secretary may provide for annual, renewal, and other load line surveys.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s5105/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" In conducting a load line survey, the Secretary shall consider whether\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s5105/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" the hull and fittings of the vessel\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t46/s5105/b/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" are adequate to protect the vessel from the sea; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t46/s5105/b/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" meet other requirements the Secretary may prescribe by regulation;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s5105/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" the strength of the hull is adequate for all loading conditions;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s5105/b/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" the stability of the vessel is adequate for all loading conditions;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s5105/b/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" the topsides of the vessel are arranged and constructed to allow rapid overboard drainage of deck water in heavy weather; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s5105/b/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" the topsides of the vessel are adequate in design, arrangement, and equipment to protect crewmembers performing outside tasks necessary for safe operation of the vessel.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}