[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: 33CFR26.09]

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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. 26.09  List of exemptions.

    (a) All vessels navigating on those waters governed by the 
navigation rules for Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary 
waters (33 U.S.C. 241 et seq.) are exempt from the requirements of the 
Vessel Bridge-to-Bridge Radiotelephone Act and this part until May 6, 
1975.
    (b) Each vessel navigating on the Great Lakes as defined in the 
Inland Navigational Rules Act of 1980 (33 U.S.C. 2001 et seq.) and to 
which the Vessel Bridge-to-Bridge Radiotelephone Act (33 U.S.C. 1201-
1208) applies is exempt from the requirements in 33 U.S.C. 1203, 1204, 
and 1205 and the regulations under Secs. 26.03, 26.04, 26.05, 26.06, and 
26.07. Each of these vessels and each person to whom 33 U.S.C. 1208(a) 
applies must comply with Articles VII, X, XI, XII, XIII, XV, and XVI and 
Technical Regulations 1-9 of ``The Agreement Between the United States 
of America and Canada for Promotion of Safety on the Great Lakes by 
Means of Radio, 1973.''

[CGD 72-223R, 37 FR 28633, Dec. 28, 1972, as amended by CGD 74-291, 39 
FR 44980, Dec. 30, 1974; CGD 83-003, 48 FR 7442, Feb. 18, 1983; CGD 91-
046, 57 FR 14486, Apr. 21, 1992]

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