[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: 33CFR162.100]

[Page 580]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 162--INLAND WATERWAYS NAVIGATION REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 162.100  Ohio River at Louisville, KY.

    (a) Emergency Mooring Buoys. The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers has 
established four pairs of emergency mooring bouys. Each buoy is 10 feet 
in diameter with retro-reflective sides. The two buoys which comprise 
each pair are 585 feet apart and are located approximately at:
    (1) Indiana Bank--Mile 582.3 (near 18 Mile Island);
    (2) Six Mile Island--Mile 597.5;
    (3) Six Mile Island--Mile 598.2; and
    (4) Kentucky Bank--Mile 599.8 (Cox's Park).
    Note: All buoys, except those at Six Mile Island--Mile 598.2, are 
removed between May 1 and September 30. Due to the close proximity of 
the municipal water intakes, mooring of tank vessels laden with 
petroleum products or hazardous materials is not authorized on the 
Kentucky Bank, Mile 599.8 (Cox's Park).
    (b) The regulations. A vessel must not use the emergency mooring 
buoys that have been established by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 
unless specifically authorized. The Captain of the Port, upon request, 
may authorize the use of the emergency mooring buoys by downbound towing 
vessels that are awaiting Vessel Traffic Center approval to proceed.

[CGD 90-020, 59 FR 36333, July 15, 1994]