[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR26.04]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
          CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 26--VESSEL BRIDGE-TO-BRIDGE RADIOTELEPHONE REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 26.04  Use of the designated frequency.

    (a) No person may use the frequency designated by the Federal 
Communications Commission under section 8 of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 1207(a), 
to transmit any information other than information necessary for the 
safe navigation of vessels or necessary tests.
    (b) Each person who is required to maintain a listening watch under 
section 5 of the Act shall, when necessary, transmit and confirm, on the 
designated frequency, the intentions of his vessel and any other 
information necessary for the safe navigation of vessels.
    (c) Nothing in these regulations may be construed as prohibiting the 
use of the designated frequency to communicate with shore stations to 
obtain or furnish information necessary for the safe navigation of 
vessels.
    (d) On the navigable waters of the United States, channel 13 (156.65 
MHz) is the designated frequency required to be monitored in accordance 
with Sec. 26.05(a) except that in the area prescribed in Sec. 26.03(e), 
channel 67 (156.375 MHz) is the designated frequency.
    (e) On those navigable waters of the United States within a VTS 
area, the designated VTS frequency is an additional designated frequency 
required to be monitored in accordance with Sec. 26.05.

(85 Stat. 164; 33 U.S.C. 1201-1208; 49 CFR 1.46(n)(2))


[CGD 71-114R, 37 FR 12720, June 28, 1982, as amended by CGD 83-036, 48 
FR 30107, June 30, 1983; CGD 91-046, 57 FR 14486, Apr. 21, 1992; 57 FR 
21741, May 22, 1992; CGD 90-020, 59 FR 36323, July 15, 1994; CGD 95-033, 
60 FR 28329, May 31, 1995]

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