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).
source: CGD 79-023, 48 FR 51048, Nov. 4, 1983, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 46 CFR 174.050