[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: 33CFR162.140]

[Page 586]
 
                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. 162.140  Connecting waters from Lake Huron to Lake Erie; miscellaneous 
rules.

    (a) Rules for towing vessels. (1) A towing vessel may drop or anchor 
its tows only in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 162.136.
    (2) A towing vessel engaged in arranging its tow shall not obstruct 
the navigation of other vessels.
    (b) Pilots. In the St. Clair River between Lake Huron Cut Lighted 
Buoy 1 and Port Huron Traffic Lighted Buoy, vessels shall not take on, 
discharge, or exchange pilots unless weather conditions would make the 
maneuver unsafe in the customary pilot area.

[CGD 78-151, 49 FR 18302, Apr. 30, 1984]