[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: 33CFR401.31]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
                    CHAPTER IV--SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY
          DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 401--SEAWAY REGULATIONS AND RULES--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart A--Regulations
 
Sec. 401.31  Meeting and passing.

    (a) The meeting and passing of vessels shall be governed by the 
Collision Regulations of Canada and the Inland Rules of the United 
States.
    (b) No vessel shall meet another vessel within the area between the 
caution signs at bridges or within any area that is designated as a ``no 
meeting area'' by signs erected by the Corporation or the Manager in 
that area.
    (c) Except as instructed by the vessel traffic controller, no vessel 
shall overtake and pass or attempt to overtake and pass another vessel:
    (1) In any canal;
    (2) Within 600 m of a canal or lock entrance; or
    (3) After the order of passing through has been established by the 
vessel traffic controller.

(68 Stat. 93-96, 33 U.S.C. 981-990, as amended and secs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 
12 and 13 of sec. 2 of Pub. L. 95-474, 92 Stat. 1471)

[39 FR 10900, Mar. 22, 1974, as amended at 45 FR 52378, Aug. 7, 1980; 49 
FR 30936, Aug. 2, 1984; 55 FR 48599, Nov. 21, 1990; 65 FR 52915, Aug. 
31, 2000]