[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR126.01]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 126--HANDLING OF CLASS 1 (EXPLOSIVE) MATERIALS OR OTHER DANGEROUS 
CARGOES WITHIN OR CONTIGUOUS TO WATERFRONT FACILITIES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 126.01  General definitions.

    Commandant means the Commandant of the United States Coast Guard.
    Captain of the Port (COTP) means the officer of the Coast Guard, 
under the command of a District Commander, so designated by the 
Commandant for the purpose of giving immediate direction to Coast Guard 
law enforcement activities within an assigned area.
    District Commander means the officer of the Coast Guard designated 
by the Commandant to command a Coast Guard District.
    Net tons means the net weight of a materials in tons.
    Net weight means a measure of weight referring only to the contents 
of a package, tank or container and does not include the weight of any 
packaging material, or containing devices.
    Waterfront facility means all piers, wharves, docks, and similar 
structures to which a vessel may be secured; areas of land, water, or 
land and water under and in immediate proximity to them; buildings on 
such structures or contiguous to them and equipment and materials on 
such structures or in such buildings. This term does not include 
facilities directly operated by the Department of Defense.

[CGD 78-023, 44 FR 4642, Jan. 22, 1979]

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