[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR209.310]

[Page 146]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
         CHAPTER II--CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
 
PART 209--ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 209.310  Representation of submarine cables and pipelines on nautical charts.

    (a) The policy of the Corps of Engineers with respect to showing the 
locations of submarine cables and pipelines on nautical charts published 
by the Corps of Engineers is as follows:
    (1) Within protected waters such as harbors, rivers, bays, estuaries 
or other inland waterways the location of submarine cables and pipelines 
is to be indicated by shaded areas marked ``Pipeline area'' or ``Cable 
area''. The extent of the limits of the area will be governed by local 
conditions but shall include the immediate area which overlies the cable 
or pipeline.
    (2) Ordinarily, the shaded area on a chart which depicts a cable 
area or pipeline area should not exceed 500 feet on each side of the 
location of the cable or pipeline except on small scale charts where an 
area of that width would not be of sufficient prominence.
    (3) The shaded area will be designated ``cable area'' or ``pipeline 
area'' as appropriate, but no other information as to the character or 
ownership of the installation will appear on the chart.
    (b) District engineers will furnish copies of all permits issued for 
submarine cable and pipelines to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service, ATTN: N/CG222, Rockville, 
MD 20852, with his/her recommendation of whether or not the installation 
should be shown on NOAA nautical charts. National Ocean Service must be 
notified of the commencement and completion dates for all permitted 
activities under this section. (Note: Decisions to publish these cables 
and pipelines on NOAA nautical charts lie solely within NOAA's 
discretion.)

[51 FR 45765, Dec. 22, 1986]